Volvarina monilis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Marginellidae, the margin snails.MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Volvarina monilis (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=850861 on 2022-02-15
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.G.W. Tryon (1883) Manual of Conchology vol. V; Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia
Distribution This marine species occurs off Senegal and Guinea; also in the Red Sea.
References
Vine, P. (1986). Red Sea Invertebrates. Immel Publishing, London. 224 pp. Boyer F. (2015). Révision des marginelles de Linné (Mollusques prosobranches : Marginellidae et Cystiscidae). Xenophora Taxonomy. 8: 33-55 Cossignani T. (2006). Marginellidae & Cystiscidae of the World. L'Informatore Piceno. 408pp Boyer F. (2017). Révision des Marginellidae du Récifal supérieur de l'île de Masirah (Oman). Xenophora Taxonomy. 17: 3-31
External links
Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata Petit de la Saussaye S. (1851). Notice sur le genre Marginelle, Marginella, Lamarck, suivie d'un catalogue synonymique des espèces de ce genre. Journal de Conchyliologie. 2: 38-59 Jousseaume F. (1875). Coquilles de la famille des marginelles. Monographie. Revue et Magazin de Zoologie. ser. 3, 3: 164-271; 429-435