Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Orthogastropoda > Subclass Caenogastropoda > Order Neogastropoda > Superfamily Volutoidea > Family Marginellidae > Subfamily Marginellinae

Volvarina Hinds, 1844

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Marginella (Volvarina)*	Hinds, 1844	synonym

Children

Volvarina ampelusica Monterosato, 1906
Volvarina arrecifensis Espinosa, Ortea & Moro, 2013
Volvarina artilesi Espinosa, Ortea & Moro, 2014
Volvarina attenuata (Reeve, 1865)
Volvarina denizi Espinosa, Ortea & Pérez-Dionis, 2014
Volvarina enrici Espinosa, J. Martin & Ortea, 2018
Volvarina fanabeensis Espinosa, Ortea & Pérez-Dionis, 2014
Volvarina ingolfi Bouchet & Warén, 1985
Volvarina jordani Espinosa, Ortea & Moro, 2014
Volvarina juanitae Espinosa, Ortea & Moro, 2013
Volvarina kyprisae Espinosa, Ortea & Moro, 2013
Volvarina lorenzoi Espinosa, Ortea & Pérez-Dionis, 2014
Volvarina luzmarina Espinosa, Ortea & Pérez-Dionis, 2014
Volvarina matesi Espinosa, Ortea & Pérez-Dionis, 2014
Volvarina mitrella (Risso, 1826)
Volvarina oceanica Gofas, 1989
Volvarina oteroi Espinosa, Ortea & Pérez-Dionis, 2014
Volvarina ptychasthena Gofas, 1989
Volvarina roberti (Bavay, 1917)
Volvarina saramagoi Espinosa, Ortea & Moro, 2013
Volvarina swenneni Espinosa, Ortea & Pérez-Dionis, 2014
Volvarina yaeli Espinosa, J. Martin & Ortea, 2018

Literature

additional source	Cossignani, T. (2006). Marginellidae & Cystiscidae of the World. L'Informatore Piceno. 408 pp.
status source	Coovert, G. A.; Coovert, H. K. (1995). Revision of the supraspecific classification of marginelliform gastropods. The Nautilus. 109(2-3): 43-100.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Volvarina Hinds, 1844. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138167