Volvarina unilineata
Species of gastropod
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Volvarina unilineata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Marginellidae, the margin snails.[1]
| Volvarina unilineata | |
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| Shell of Volvarina unilineata (specimen at the Natural History Museum, Rotterdam) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Marginellidae |
| Subfamily: | Marginellinae |
| Genus: | Volvarina |
| Species: | V. unilineata |
| Binomial name | |
| Volvarina unilineata Jousseaume, 1875 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Description
The length of the shell attains 14 mm.
(Original description) The shell is fusiform-ovate, attenuated towards the base, milky-white, shiny, and sometimes banded with an orangey-brown line. The spire is conical, the outer lip is flexuous, and the columella is quadriplicate (four-folded). [2]
The shell is white and slightly angulated posteriorly. It possesses an inferior revolving brown band.[3]
Distribution
This marine species occurs off the Philippines and Hawaii.
