Volvarina bullula, common name the little bubble marginella, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Marginellidae, the margin snails. [1]

Volvarina bullula
Drawing of a shell of Volvarina bullula
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Marginellidae
Subfamily: Marginellinae
Genus: Volvarina
Species:
V. bullula
Binomial name
Volvarina bullula
(Reeve, 1865)

Description

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The shell is cylindrically oblong, transparent-white and glassy. The spire is obtusely conical. The outer lip is flexuous. The columella is four-plaited. [2]

Distribution

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This marine species occurs off Borneo, Indonesia.

References

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