Volvarina splendens
| Volvarina splendens | |
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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. splendens
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| Binomial name | |
| †Volvarina splendens (Grateloup, 1834)
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| Synonyms | |
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† Marginella splendens Grateloup, 1834 (original combination) | |
Volvarina splendens is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Marginellidae, the margin snails.[1]
- Subspecies
- † Volvarina splendens aturensis (Peyrot, 1928)
- † Volvarina splendens splendens (Grateloup, 1834)
Distribution[edit]
Fossils of this marine species were found in Oligocene strata in the Landes, France.
References[edit]
- ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Volvarina splendens (Grateloup, 1834) †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1337888 on 2023-09-14
- Lozouet (P.), 2019 - Volutidae, Volutomitridae, Marginellidae, Cysticidae et Cancellariidae (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Neogastropoda) de l’Oligocène supérieur .... Cossmanniana, t. 20, p. 3-109, fig. 1-9
External links[edit]
- Lesport, Jean-François (2012). "Les publications du Docteur Jean-Pierre Sylvestre de Grateloup sur les mollusques fossiles du Bassin d'Aquitaine (S.-O.France): dates de parutions et commentaires". Bull. Soc. Linn. Bordeaux. 40 (4): 433–434. Archived (PDF) from the original on 14 September 2023.
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