Volvarina rubella | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Family: | Marginellidae |
Subfamily: | Marginellinae |
Genus: | Volvarina |
Species: | V. rubella
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Binomial name | |
Volvarina rubella (C. B. Adams, 1845)
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Synonyms [1] | |
Marginella rubella C. B. Adams, 1845 · |
Volvarina rubella is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Marginellidae, the margin snails. [1]
The length of the shell attains 11.2 mm.
(Original description in Latin) The thin shell is elongated and shows three red bands. The shell contains four whorls. The spire has a crystalline shine. The white inner lip contains four plaits. The aperture becomes narrower above. [2]
This marine species is endemic to Jamaica, Caribbean Sea; also off the Cape Verde
Volvarina rubella | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Family: | Marginellidae |
Subfamily: | Marginellinae |
Genus: | Volvarina |
Species: | V. rubella
|
Binomial name | |
Volvarina rubella (C. B. Adams, 1845)
| |
Synonyms [1] | |
Marginella rubella C. B. Adams, 1845 · |
Volvarina rubella is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Marginellidae, the margin snails. [1]
The length of the shell attains 11.2 mm.
(Original description in Latin) The thin shell is elongated and shows three red bands. The shell contains four whorls. The spire has a crystalline shine. The white inner lip contains four plaits. The aperture becomes narrower above. [2]
This marine species is endemic to Jamaica, Caribbean Sea; also off the Cape Verde