Volvarina ptychasthena
Appearance
Volvarina ptychasthena | |
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Shell of Volvarina ptychasthena (holotype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Family: | Marginellidae |
Genus: | Volvarina |
Species: | V. ptychasthena
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Binomial name | |
Volvarina ptychasthena Gofas, 1989
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Volvarina ptychasthena is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Marginellidae, the margin snails.[1]
Description
[edit]The length of the shell attains 10.6 mm.
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Distribution
[edit]This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off the Azores.
References
[edit]- ^ Volvarina ptychasthena Gofas, 1989. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.
- Gofas S. (1989). Le genre Volvarina (Marginellidae) dans la Méditerranée et l'Atlantique du Nord-Est. Bollettino Malacologico 25: 159-182, 25 fig
- Cossignani, T. (2006). Marginellidae & Cystiscidae of the World. L'Informatore Piceno. 408 pp.
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