Volvarina monilis

Volvarina monilis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Marginellidae, the margin snails.^[1]

Volvarina monilis
Apertural view of Volvarina monilis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Marginellidae
Genus:	Volvarina
Species:	V. monilis
Binomial name
Volvarina monilis (Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms[1]
Egouena gibbosa Jousseaume, 1875 Marginella gibbosa (Jousseaume, 1875) Marginella monilis (Linnaeus, 1758) Marginella terveriana Petit de la Saussaye, 1851 Prunum monile (Linnaeus, 1758) Prunum terverianum (Petit de la Saussaye, 1851) Voluta monilis Linnaeus, 1758 (original combination)

Description

The length of the shell attains 11 mm.

The shell is ivory-white. The columella is four-plaited; above the plaits are additional denticulations.

The African tribes form necklaces of these shells. For the purpose of stringing them a hole is made through the upper part of the body-whorl, apparently by rubbing.^[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Senegal and Guinea; also in the Red Sea.