- Source: Volvarina philippinarum
Volvarina philippinarum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Marginellidae, the margin snails. When first described by Redfield in 1848, it was mistakenly labelled as a Marginella species.
Description
The length of the shell attains 15 mm length and 7mm width. The shell itself is cylindric and a polished yellow-white, with three bands of darker yellow. The spine of the shell is short, and has 4 whorls. The suture is inconspicuous.
Distribution
This marine species occurs off the Philippines and Western Australia.
References
Redfield, J.H. 1848. Descriptions of new species of Bullia and Marginella, with notes upon G.B.Sowerby, Jr's monograph of the latter genus. Annals of the Lyceum of Natural History New York 4: 491-495
Odhner, N.H. 1917. Results of Dr E. Mjöbergs Swedish scientific expeditions to Australia. 1910–1913, pt XVII, Mollusca. Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Academiens Nya Handlingar, Stockholm 52(16): 1–115 pls 1–3
Coleman, N. 1975. What Shell is That? Sydney : Lansdowne Press 298 pp.
Wagner, R.J.L & Abbott, R.T. 1977. Standard Catalog of Shells. Greenville, Delaware : American Malacologists 3rd.
Lipe, R. 1991. Marginellas. Florida : The Shell Store Vol. 1.
Cossignani, T. (2006). Marginellidae & Cystiscidae of the World. L'Informatore Piceno. 408 pp
External links
Sowerby, G. B. I. (1846). Description of new species of Marginella. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1846: 95-97
