Species Volvarina micans (Petit, 1851)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Marginella micans Petit de la Saussaye, M.S. 1851. Notice sur le genre Marginelles, Marginella, Lamarck, suivie d'un catalogue synonymique des espèces de le genre. Journal de Conchyliologie 2: 38-59 [48, pl. 1, fig. 15-6].

 

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Eastern Indian Ocean

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31)

Ecological Descriptors

Marine.

 

General References

Maes, V.O. 1967. The littoral marine mollusks of Cocos-Keeling Islands (Indian Ocean). Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia 119: 93–217 [141]

Wagner, R.J.L & Abbott, R.T. 1977. Standard Catalog of Shells. Greenville, Delaware : American Malacologists 3rd. [22-009]

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
01-Jun-2021	MARGINELLIDAE	19-Jan-2012	MODIFIED	Mr Des Beechey (AM) Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM)
		24-Nov-2011	MODIFIED