Volvarina affinis

Species of gastropod From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Volvarina affinis, the allied marginella, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Marginellidae, the margin snails.[1]

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Volvarina affinis
Drawing of a shell of Volvarina affinis
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Marginellidae
Subfamily: Marginellinae
Genus: Volvarina
Species:
V. affinis
Binomial name
Volvarina affinis
(Reeve, 1865)
Synonyms[1]

Marginella affinis Reeve, 1865 ·

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Description

The shell is cylindrical, rounded at each end, transparent-white and rather solid. The spire is small. The outer lip is flexuous. The columella is four-plaited.[2]

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