Volvarina angustata, common name : the narrow marginella, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Marginellidae, the margin snails.
Description
The shell size varies between 11 mm and 28 mm. Its cylindrically ovate, spire flat and calloused. 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
Drivas, J. & M. Jay (1988). Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'île Maurice Cossignani T. (2006). Marginellidae & Cystiscidae of the World. L'Informatore Piceno. 408pp Wakefield A. (2010) A revision of the genus Cryptospira Hinds, 1844 (Caenogastropoda: Marginellidae). Novapex Hors-série 7: 1–55.
External links
Boyer, Franck. "Le groupe Volvarina angustata (Sowerby, 1846) dans l’Océan Indien septentrional." Xenophora Taxonomy 7 (2015): 16-28.