Volvarina avena

Volvarina avena
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. avena
Binomial name
	Volvarina avena; (Kiener, 1834)
Synonyms
	Hyalina avena (Kiener, 1834); Marginella avena Kiener, 1834 (original combination); Volvarina avena f. varia G. B. Sowerby, 1846; Volvarina livida Reeve, 1865; Volvarina vermiculata Jousseaume, 1875;

Volvarina avena, common name the orange-banded marginella, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Marginellidae, the margin snails.^[1]

Forma

Volvarina avena f. beyerleana (Bernardi, 1953): synonym of (Bernardi, 1853)
Volvarina avena f. varia G. B. Sowerby, 1846 accepted as Volvarina avena (Kiener, 1834)

Description[]

The size of the shell varies between 9 mm and 16 mm.

Distribution[]

This species occurs in the Caribbean Sea, the Gulf of Mexico and off the Lesser Antilles; in the Atlantic Ocean from North Carolina, USA, to Eastern Brasil.

References[]

^ Volvarina avena (Kiener, 1834). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.

Rosenberg, G.; Moretzsohn, F.; García, E. F. (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. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas

External links[]

"Volvarina avena". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.

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[WoRMS-1] Volvarina avena (Kiener, 1834). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.

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