Volvarina ingolfi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Marginellidae
Subfamily: Marginellinae
Genus: Volvarina
Species:
V. ingolfi
Binomial name
Volvarina ingolfi
Bouchet & Warén, 1985

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

Description

The length of the shell attains 14.5 mm, its diameter 7.6 mm.

This species is remarkable for having only three columellar folds.

Distribution

This marine species is the northernmost Atlantic volvarina.

References

  • Cossignani, T. (2006). Marginellidae & Cystiscidae of the World. L'Informatore Piceno. 408 pp


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