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Volvarina adela

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Species of gastropod

Volvarina adela
Drawing of a shell of Volvarina adela
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. abdieli
Binomial name
Volvarina abdieli
(Thiele, 1925)
Synonyms
  • Marginella adela Thiele, 1925 (original combination)
  • Prunum adelum (Thiele, 1925)
  • Volvarina dawnae (K.H.J. Thiele, 1925) (not Lussi & G. Smith, 1996)

Volvarina adela is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Marginellidae, the margin snails.

Description

The length of the shell attains 5 mm.

This section needs expansion. You can help by adding to it. (August 2023)

Distribution

This marine species occurs off South Africa at the Agulhas Bank and off Durban Bay.

References

  1. ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Volvarina adela (Thiele, 1925). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=474005 on 2023-08-22
  • Thiele, J. (1925). Gastropoden der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition. II Teil. Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition auf dem Dampfer "Valdivia" 1898–1899. 17(2): 35-382, pls 13-
  • Cossignani, T. (2006). Marginellidae & Cystiscidae of the World. L'Informatore Piceno. 408 pp.
Taxon identifiers
Volvarina adela


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