Volvarina exilis

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

Volvarina exilis
Shell of Volvarina exilis (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Marginellidae
Genus:	Volvarina
Species:	V. exilis
Binomial name
Volvarina exilis (Gmelin, 1791)
Synonyms[1]
Marginella exilis (Gmelin, 1791) Marginella fusca G. B. Sowerby II, 1846 Marginella rufescens Reeve, 1865 Marginella tribalteata Reeve, 1865 Marginella triticea Lamarck, 1822 Prunum exile (Gmelin, 1791) Voluta biannullata O. Fabricius, 1826 junior subjective synonym Voluta exilis Gmelin, 1791 (basionym) Volvarina fusca G.B. Sowerby II, 1846 Volvarina rufescens Reeve, 1865 Volvarina simeri Jousseaume, 1875 Volvarina tribalteata Reeve, 1865

Description

The length of the shell attains 9 mm.

The shell is conically cylindrical, opaque-white and shining. It is encircled with three orange-brown bands. The spire is small. The whorls are rather swollen at the upper part and attenuated at the lower. The outer lip is moderately flexuous. The columella is four-plaited.^[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Morocco.