Volvarina mitrella

Volvarina mitrella is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Marginellidae, the margin snails.

Volvarina mitrella
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Marginellidae
Subfamily:	Marginellinae
Genus:	Volvarina
Species:	V. mitrella
Binomial name
Volvarina mitrella (Risso, 1826)
Synonyms
Hyalina secalina (R. A. Philippi, 1844) Marginella (Volvarina) nitida Hinds, 1844 Marginella calameli Jousseaume, 1872 Marginella inflexa G. B. Sowerby II, 1846 Marginella nitida Hinds, 1844 Marginella secalina R. A. Philippi, 1844 junior subjective synonym Marginella secalina var. bizonata Weinkauff, 1880 Voluta mitrella Risso, 1826 (original combination) Voluta quadriplicata Risso, 1826 Volvarina mitrella var. curta Monterosato, 1884 Volvarina quadriplicata (Risso, 1826) ·

Description

The length of the shell attains 99 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Mediterranean Sea off Italy, Malta, Morocco, Algeria and Greece.

References

• Cossignani, T. (2006). Marginellidae & Cystiscidae of the World. L'Informatore Piceno. 408 pp.

External links

• Risso, A. (1826-1827). Histoire naturelle des principales productions de l'Europe Méridionale et particulièrement de celles des environs de Nice et des Alpes Maritimes.
• Philippi, R. A. (1844). Enumeratio molluscorum Siciliae cum viventium tum in tellure tertiaria fossilium, quae in itinere suo observavit. Vol. 2.. Halle
• Sowerby, G. B. II. (1846). Monograph of the genus Marginella. In G. B. Sowerby II (ed.), Thesaurus conchyliorum, or monographs of genera of shells. Vol. 1(7): 373–406, pl.74–78. London, privately published.
• Jousseaume, F. P. (1872). Description de 3 espèces nouvelles de mollusques (deux Cônes et une Marginelle). Revue et Magasin de Zoologie. sér. 2, 23:198-203, pl. 18
• Hinds, R. B. (1844). Descriptions of Marginellae collected during the voyage of H. M. S. Sulphur, and from the collection of H. Cuming Esq. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. (1844) 12: 72-7
• Monterosato, T. A. di. (1884). Nomenclatura generica e specifica di alcune conchiglie mediterranee. Virzi, printed for the author, Palermo, 152 pp
• Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213