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.
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.Reeve, L. A. (1864-1865). Monograph of the genus Marginella. In: Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals, vol. 15, pls 1-27 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London
Distribution This marine species occurs off Morocco.
References
Fabricius, O. (1826). Fortsaettelse of nye zoologiske bidrag. 6. Nogle lidet bekjendte og tildeels nye Flad-Orme (Planariae). Det Kongelige Danske Videnskabernes Selskabs naturvidenskabelige og mathematiske afhandlinger. Ser. 4(2): 16-35/ With three plates. Reeve, L. A. (1864-1865). Monograph of the genus Marginella. In: Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals, vol. 15, pls 1-27 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London
External links
Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Vermes. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 13. Tome 1(6). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae Jousseaume F. (1875). Coquilles de la famille des marginelles. Monographie. Revue et Magazin de Zoologie. ser. 3, 3: 164-271; 429-435 Sowerby, G. B. I. (1846). Description of new species of Marginella. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1846: 95-97