Volvarina laurenti is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Marginellidae, the margin snails.MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Volvarina laurenti Espinosa & Ortea, 2012. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=711893 on 2023-08-28
The species is named in honour of malacologist Laurent Charles, who was a curator at the Natural History Museum of Bordeaux, France.
Description Volvarina laurenti has a shell that is small-medium sized for its genus, with a shape that is elongated and narrow subcylindrical. It has a smooth apperance with two depressions, one located in the central portion and another towards the whorl sholder. The mantle is milky in colouration, interupted by black spots of various sizes. Four unequal folds compose the columella, with the anterior two being more developed than the posterior ones. The protoconch its composed of two small whorls that take up 12% of the shell, while the rest consists of a single large whorl. The body of the snail is a translucent white, interupted by white patches along the side of the foot. Due to its characteristic colour pattern, this species is not really comparable to others in its genus. The length of the shell attains 7.38 mm, its diameter is 3.38 mm.
Distribution This marine species occurs off Guadeloupe in the Caribbean Sea, specifically at around 3 m depth near Grand Cul-de-Sac Marin.
References
External links Espinosa J. & Ortea J. (2012) Nuevas especies de la familia Marginellidae (Mollusca: Neogastropoda) de la isla Guadalupe (Karukera), Antillas Menores, Mar Caribe. Revista de la Academia Canaria de Ciencias 24(3): 119-151.