Biology:Afrivoluta pringlei

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Short description: Species of gastropod

Afrivoluta pringlei
AfrivolutaPringlei.jpg
The shell of a specimen of Afrivoluta pringlei
trawled off Cape Agulhas, South Africa
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Marginellonidae
Genus: Afrivoluta
Species:
A. pringlei
Binomial name
Afrivoluta pringlei
Tomlin, 1947[1]

Afrivoluta pringlei, commonly known as the pringle's marginella, is a species of large deep water sea snail with a glossy shell, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Marginellonidae.

This species is endemic to South Africa , and it is found south-east of Cape Recife in a depth of 220 m. Specimens have been found off Algoa Bay and Jeffreys Bay.

Tomlin called the genus Afrivoluta, and the genotype pringlei, after the director of the Port Elizabeth Museum and Snake Park.

References

  1. Tomlin, John Read le Brockton (1947). "A new South African volutid". Journal of Conchology (London: Conchological Society of Great Britain & Ireland) 22 (10): 224–246. 

Further reading

  • Lipe, R. 1991. Marginellas:37;pl.18, fig 1
  • Lorenz 1993. World Shells 4:49

Wikidata ☰ Q975248 entry