Volvarina ptychasthena

Volvarina ptychasthena
Shell of Volvarina ptychasthena (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Marginellidae
Genus:	Volvarina
Species:	V. ptychasthena
Binomial name
Volvarina ptychasthena Gofas, 1989

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

The length of the shell attains 10.6 mm.

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off the Azores.

• Gofas S. (1989). Le genre Volvarina (Marginellidae) dans la Méditerranée et l'Atlantique du Nord-Est. Bollettino Malacologico 25: 159-182, 25 fig
• Cossignani, T. (2006). Marginellidae & Cystiscidae of the World. L'Informatore Piceno. 408 pp.

• Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213