Volvarina micans is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Marginellidae, the margin snails.[1]
| Volvarina micans | |
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| Shell of Volvarina micans (lectotype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Marginellidae |
| Subfamily: | Marginellinae |
| Genus: | Volvarina |
| Species: | V. micans
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| Binomial name | |
| Volvarina micans (Petit de la Saussaye, 1851)
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| Synonyms | |
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Marginella micans Petit de la Saussaye, 1851 (original combination) | |
Description
editThe length of the shell attains 8 mm, its diameter 4 mm.
(Original description in French) The shell has an oblong oval, sub-cylindrical shape. It is very shiny and is of a fawn shaded with pink. The shell consists of four to five whorls.The body whorl shows two whitish horizontally striped bands. The whorls are short and convex. The aperture is very narrow, but becomes a little wider at the base. The base of the columella is white, and contains four well-marked oblique plaits. The outer lip has a fairly pronounced rim, its edge is smooth and straight, and is a little compressed in the middle. It presents two whitened spots, which are the extension of the horizontal bands of the body whorl.[2]
Distribution
editThis marine species occurs in the Red Sea.
References
edit- ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Volvarina micans (Petit de la Saussaye, 1851). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=474050 on 2023-09-09
- ^ Petit de la Saussaye S. (1851). Notice sur le genre Marginelle, Marginella, Lamarck, suivie d'un catalogue synonymique des espèces de ce genre. Journal de Conchyliologie. 2: 38-59
- Cossignani, T. (2006). Marginellidae & Cystiscidae of the World. L'Informatore Piceno. 408 pp.
- Boyer F. (2015). Sur quelques Volvarina (Marginellidae) de l'Océan Indien occidental. Xenophora Taxonomy. 6: 19-31