Volvarina aladunniae
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| Volvarina aladunniae | |
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| Shell of Volvarina aladunniae (holotype in the MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Marginellidae |
| Subfamily: | Marginellinae |
| Genus: | Volvarina |
| Species: | V. aladunniae |
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| Volvarina aladunniae Ortea, 2014 | |
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Volvarina aladunniae is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Marginellidae, the margin snails.[1]
The specific name aladunniae honors Professor Jill Farrant, who received the L'Oréal-UNESCO Awards for Women in Science in 2012 for her research on how plants survive in drought conditions. The epithet is derived from a name given to her, Aladunni, meaning "she who survives everything."[2]
Description
The shell is solid, oval-elongated, and milky white in color. The length of the shell attains 8.37 mm, and its diameter is 3.58 mm. It features a short spire. The outer lip is thickened and smooth. The aperture is as long as the shell and is narrower at the top. There are four distinct, oblique columellar plaits (folds), with the posterior one being the smallest.[2]
