Volvarina borroi

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Volvarina borroi
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. borroi
Binomial name
Volvarina borroi
(Espinosa & Ortea, 1998) [1]
Synonyms

Hyalina borroi Espinosa & Ortea, 1998 (basionym)

Volvarina borroi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Marginellidae, the margin snails.[2]

Description

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Distribution

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This marine species occurs in the Gulf of Mexico.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Espinosa J. & Ortea J. (1998) Nuevas especies de fa familia Marginellidae (Mollusca: Neogastropoda) de Cuba y los Cayos de la Florida. Avicennia 8-9: 117-134. page(s): 133
  2. ^ a b Volvarina borroi (Espinosa & Ortea, 1998). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 11 December 2018.
  • Espinosa J. & Ortea J. (1999) Nuevos datos anatómicos y posición sistemática de marginelas cubanas (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Marginellidae). Avicennia 10-11: 187–188.
  • Cossignani T. (2006). Marginellidae & Cystiscidae of the World. L'Informatore Piceno. 408pp
  • Rosenberg, G., F. Moretzsohn, and E. F. García. 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. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas