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Volvarina avena

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Species of gastropod

Volvarina avena
Scientific classification Edit this 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
  • Hyalina avena (Kiener, 1834)
  • Marginella avena Kiener, 1834 (original combination)
  • Volvarina avena f. varia G. B. Sowerby, 1846
  • Volvarina livida Reeve, 1865
  • Volvarina vermiculata Jousseaume, 1875

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.

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.

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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 Brazil.

References

  1. 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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Taxon identifiers
Volvarina avena


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