Volvarina sofiae
| Volvarina sofiae | |
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Scientific classification 
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| 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
- ^ a b c 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]". Avicennia (in Spanish). 8–9: 1–6 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
- ^ Volvarina sofiae Ortea & Espinosa, 1998. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.