Volvarina sauliae

Volvarina sauliae is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Marginellidae, the margin snails.[1]

Volvarina sauliae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:
Muricoidea
Family:
Marginellidae
Subfamily:
Marginellinae
Genus:
Volvarina
Species:
V. sauliae
Binomial name
Volvarina sauliae
(Sowerby II, 1846)
Synonyms
  • Gibberula jousseaumi Rochebrune, 1881
  • Gibberula rachmaninovi Kellner, 2003
  • Marginella sauliae G.B. Sowerby II, 1846 (basionym)
  • Prunum sauliae (G.B. Sowerby II, 1846)

Description

Distribution

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Cape Verde.

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References
  1. Volvarina sauliae (Sowerby II, 1846). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 May 2012.
  • Moreno D. & Burnay L.P. (1999) The genus Volvarina (Gastropoda: Marginellidae) in the Cape Verde Islands. Journal of Conchology 36(5): 83-124.
  • Rolán E., 2005. Malacological Fauna From The Cape Verde Archipelago. Part 1, Polyplacophora and Gastropoda.
  • Cossignani T. (2006). Marginellidae & Cystiscidae of the World. L'Informatore Piceno. 408pp.
  • Moreno D. 2012. The genus Gibberula (Gastropoda, Cystiscidae) in the Cape Verde Islands with the description of a new species. Iberus, 30(1): 67–83.


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