Volvarina aliceae
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| Volvarina aliceae | |
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| Shell of Volvarina aliceae (holotype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Marginellidae |
| Subfamily: | Marginellinae |
| Genus: | Volvarina |
| Species: | V. aliceae |
| Binomial name | |
| Volvarina aliceae Espinosa & Ortea, 2012 | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Volvarina (Creolina) aliceae Espinosa & Ortea, 2012 | |
Volvarina aliceae is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Marginellidae, the margin snails.[1]
The length of the shell attains 4.1 mm, its diameter 2.02 mm. Volvarina aliceae is a tiny sea snail, not something most people would ever notice on a beach. It is a marine mollusk in the margin snail family, which means it has a small, smooth shell and lives in the ocean. As mentioned, this species is only about 4.1 millimeters long, so it is smaller than a grain of rice. It has been reported from waters off Guadeloupe in the Caribbean Sea. In simple terms, you can think of it as a miniature Caribbean sea snail known mostly to shell researchers and marine biologists.
