Volvarina exilis, common name the three-belted marginella, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Marginellidae, the margin snails.[1]

Volvarina exilis
Shell of Volvarina exilis (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Marginellidae
Genus: Volvarina
Species:
V. exilis
Binomial name
Volvarina exilis
(Gmelin, 1791)
Synonyms[1]
  • Marginella exilis (Gmelin, 1791)
  • Marginella fusca G. B. Sowerby II, 1846
  • Marginella rufescens Reeve, 1865
  • Marginella tribalteata Reeve, 1865
  • Marginella triticea Lamarck, 1822
  • Prunum exile (Gmelin, 1791)
  • Voluta biannullata O. Fabricius, 1826 junior subjective synonym
  • Voluta exilis Gmelin, 1791 (basionym)
  • Volvarina fusca G.B. Sowerby II, 1846
  • Volvarina rufescens Reeve, 1865
  • Volvarina simeri Jousseaume, 1875
  • Volvarina tribalteata Reeve, 1865

Description

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The length of the shell attains 9 mm.

The shell is conically cylindrical, opaque-white and shining. It is encircled with three orange-brown bands. The spire is small. The whorls are rather swollen at the upper part and attenuated at the lower. The outer lip is moderately flexuous. The columella is four-plaited.[2]

Distribution

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This marine species occurs off Morocco.

References

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  • Fabricius, O. (1826). Fortsaettelse of nye zoologiske bidrag. 6. Nogle lidet bekjendte og tildeels nye Flad-Orme (Planariae). Det Kongelige Danske Videnskabernes Selskabs naturvidenskabelige og mathematiske afhandlinger. Ser. 4(2): 16-35/ With three plates.
  • Reeve, L. A. (1864-1865). Monograph of the genus Marginella. In: Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals, vol. 15, pls 1-27 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London
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