Volvarina sauliae is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Marginellidae, the margin snails.
Description The length of the shell attains 7.3 mm.
The small, rather conical, smooth shell shows two reddish lines across the body whorl. The spire is very short, the aperture is long. The columella is four-plaited, the last plait subincrassate. The outer lip is smooth, scarcely raised from the body whorl at its reflected margin. Sowerby, G. B. II. (1846). Monograph of the genus Marginella. In G. B. Sowerby II (ed.), Thesaurus conchyliorum, or monographs of genera of shells. Vol. 1(7): 373–406, pl.74–78. London, privately published.
Distribution This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Cape Verde and Mauritius
References
Moreno D. & Burnay L.P. (1999) The genus Volvarina (Gastropoda: Marginellidae) in the Cape Verde Islands. Journal of Conchology 36(5): 83-124. Kellner L. (2003). A new species of Gibberula Swainson, 1849 (Cystiscidae) from Cape Verde Islands (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Club Conchylia Informationen. 35 (1/6): 7-9 Rolán E., 2005. Malacological Fauna From The Cape Verde Archipelago. Part 1, Polyplacophora and Gastropoda. Cossignani T. (2006). Marginellidae & Cystiscidae of the World. L'Informatore Piceno. 408pp. Moreno D. 2012. The genus Gibberula (Gastropoda, Cystiscidae) in the Cape Verde Islands with the description of a new species. Iberus, 30(1): 67–83.
External links Rochebrune, A.T. (1882). Diagnoses d'espèces nouvelles pour la faune de l'archipel du Cap-Vert. Bulletin de la Société Philomathique de Paris. (7) 6: 24-32