Volvarina angustata

Volvarina angustata
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. angustata
Binomial name
	Volvarina angustata; (Sowerby II, 1846)
Synonyms
	Bullata angustata (G.B. Sowerby, 1846); Cryptospira angustata (G.B. Sowerby, 1846); Marginella angustata Sowerby, 1846 (basionym);

Volvarina angustata, common name : the narrow marginella, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Marginellidae, the margin snails.^[1]

Description[]

The shell size varies between 11 mm and 28 mm

Distribution[]

This species is distributed in the Indian Ocean along the Mascarene basin, Réunion, and in the Gulf of Bengal along the Andaman Islands, Sri Lanka and Southern India.

References[]

^ ^a ^b Volvarina angustata( Sowerby, 1846). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 4 December 2010.

Drivas, J. & M. Jay (1988). Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'île Maurice
Cossignani T. (2006). Marginellidae & Cystiscidae of the World. L'Informatore Piceno. 408pp
Wakefield A. (2010) A revision of the genus Cryptospira Hinds, 1844 (Caenogastropoda: Marginellidae). Novapex Hors-série 7: 1–55.

External links[]

"Cryptospira angustata". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 4 December 2010.

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[WoRMS-1] Volvarina angustata( Sowerby, 1846). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 4 December 2010.

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