Biology:Volvarina sofiae
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Short description: Species of gastropod
Volvarina sofiae | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Family: | Marginellidae |
Genus: | Volvarina |
Species: | V. sofiae
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Binomial name | |
Volvarina sofiae Ortea & Espinosa, 1998[1]
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Volvarina sofiae is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Marginellidae, the margin snails.[2]
It is named after Queen Sofía of Spain, to honor the first visit of Spanish monarchs to Cuba, which happened in 1999.[1]
Description
Distribution
This species is known only from specimens collected in Jardines del Rey archipelago, Cuba.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Ortea, J.; Espinosa, José (1998). "Dos nuevas especies de moluscos marinos (Mollusca:Gastropoda) recolectadas en los subarchipiélagos Jardines de Rey y Jardines de la Reina, descritas en honor de los Reyes de España por su primera visita a Cuba [Two new species of marine mollusks (Mollusca: Gastropoda) collected in the subarchipelagos Jardines del Rey and Jardines de la Reina, described in honor of the King and Queen of Spain for their first visit to Cuba"] (in es). Avicennia 8–9: 1–6. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44271290.
- ↑ Volvarina sofiae Ortea & Espinosa, 1998. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.
Wikidata ☰ Q7941235 entry