| Volvarina avena | |
|---|---|
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| Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota | 
| Kingdom: | Animalia | 
| Phylum: | Mollusca | 
| Class: | Gastropoda | 
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda | 
| Order: | Neogastropoda | 
| Family: | Marginellidae | 
| Genus: | Volvarina | 
| Species: | V. avena | 
| Binomial name | |
| Volvarina avena (Kiener, 1834) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Volvarina avena, common name the orange-banded marginella, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Marginellidae, the margin snails.[1]
- Forma
- Volvarina avena f. beyerleana (Bernardi, 1953): synonym of Volvarina beyerleana (Bernardi, 1853)
- Volvarina avena f. varia G. B. Sowerby, 1846 accepted as Volvarina avena (Kiener, 1834)
Description
The size of the shell varies between 9 mm and 16 mm.
Distribution
This species occurs in the Caribbean Sea, the Gulf of Mexico and off the Lesser Antilles; in the Atlantic Ocean from North Carolina, USA, to Eastern Brasil.
References
- ↑ Volvarina avena (Kiener, 1834). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.
- Rosenberg, G.; Moretzsohn, F.; García, E. F. (2009). Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, pp. 579–699 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas
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