Volvarina sauliae

Volvarina sauliae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda; clade Hypsogastropoda; clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Muricoidea
Family:	Marginellidae
Subfamily:	Marginellinae
Genus:	Volvarina
Species:	V. sauliae
Binomial name
	Volvarina sauliae; (Sowerby II, 1846)
Synonyms
	Gibberula jousseaumi Rochebrune, 1881; Gibberula rachmaninovi Kellner, 2003; Marginella sauliae G.B. Sowerby II, 1846 (basionym); Prunum sauliae (G.B. Sowerby II, 1846);

Volvarina sauliae is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Marginellidae, the margin snails.^[1]

Description

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Cape Verde.

Moreno D. & Burnay L.P. (1999) The genus Volvarina (Gastropoda: Marginellidae) in the Cape Verde Islands. Journal of Conchology 36(5): 83-124.
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.

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