Kingdom Animalia Class Gastropoda Family Marginellidae Scientific name Volvarina angustata | Phylum Mollusca Superfamily Muricoidea Subfamily Marginellinae Rank Species | |
Similar Volvarina, Volvarina avena, Marginella piperata, Marginella glabella, Marginella rosea | ||
Volvarina angustata, common name : the narrow marginella, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Marginellidae, the margin snails.
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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
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