Volvarina splendens

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Volvarina splendens is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Marginellidae, the margin snails.[1]

Subspecies
  • Volvarina splendens aturensis (Peyrot, 1928)
  • Volvarina splendens splendens (Grateloup, 1834)
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Volvarina splendens
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Marginellidae
Subfamily: Marginellinae
Genus: Volvarina
Species:
V. splendens
Binomial name
Volvarina splendens
(Grateloup, 1834)
Synonyms

Marginella splendens Grateloup, 1834 (original combination)

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Distribution

Fossils of this marine species were found in Oligocene strata in the Landes, France.

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