Volvarina abbreviata


Volvarina abbreviata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Marginellidae, the margin snails.

Description

The shell is oblong, but much contracted anteriorly. The shell is white, smooth and shining. The spire is very short. The apex is rather obtuse. The shell contains about 3⅓ whorls. The outer lip is incurved and contracting the aperture. The varix produces a little way on the spire. The columella with shows four plaits of which the upper one is small.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Aruba, Caribbean Sea.