Volvarina fortunata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Marginellidae, the margin snails.[1]
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| Shell of Volvarina fortunata (holotype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Marginellidae |
| Subfamily: | Marginellinae |
| Genus: | Volvarina |
| Species: | V. fortunata
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| Binomial name | |
| Volvarina fortunata Clover & Macca, 1990
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Prunum fortunatum (Clover & Macca, 1990) | |
Description
editThe length of the shell attains 26.0 mm, its diameter 15.8 mm.
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Distribution
editThis marine species occurs off Somalia, Indian Ocean.
References
edit- ^ a b MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Volvarina arabica Boyer, 2015. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=828514 on 2023-08-29
- Clover, P. W. & Macca, C. (1990). Description of the a new Marginella from Somalia. La Conchiglia. 256: 2–3.
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