Volvarina kilwaensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Marginellidae, the margin snails.[1]
Volvarina kilwaensis | |
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Shell of Volvarina kilwaensis (holotype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Family: | Marginellidae |
Subfamily: | Marginellinae |
Genus: | Volvarina |
Species: | V. bifurcata
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Binomial name | |
Volvarina bifurcata Boyer, 2015
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Description
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Distribution
editThis marine species occurs in the Indian Ocean off Tanzania.
References
edit- ^ a b MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Volvarina kilwaensis Boyer, 2015. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=828513 on 2023-08-29
- Boyer F. (2015). Le groupe Volvarina angustata (Sowerby, 1846) dans l'Océan Indien septentrional. Xenophora Taxonomy. 7: 35–47.