Volvarina taina is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Marginellidae, the margin snails.MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Volvarina taina Espinosa & Ortea, 2013. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=744465 on 2023-08-27
Etymology The name taina is in reference to the Taíno people, an Indigenous culture of the Caribbean region.
Discovery V. taina was first identified in a 2013 article by Espinosa and Ortea. Several other previously unknown species from the Marginellidae family were discovered and recorded during the same undertaking. The original specimen was found near Guantanamo, Cuba.
Description The length of the shell is 8.3 mm, and its diameter is 3.3 mm.
The sea snail's shell was described as smooth and shiny, and of a medium size for its family, although its coil is relatively wide. It has an extended and broad spire of its shell, and two strong folds that merge into a columella at the anterior end of the shell. Distribution This marine species occurs off Cuba in the Caribbean Sea.
References
External links Espinosa J.; Ortea J. (2013). Nuevas especies de la familia Marginellidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Prosobranchia) de cuatro islas del Caribe: Cuba, Curazao, Guadalupe y Martinica. Revista de la Academia Canaria de Ciencias. 25: 195-21Espinosa J., Ortea J. & Diez Y.L. (2015). Nuevas especies del género Volvarina Hinds, 1844 (Mollusca, Neogastropoda, Marginellidae) de las regiones oriental y central de Cuba. Revista de la Academia Canaria de Ciencias. 27: 259–284LLIDAE-MOLLUSCA-GASTROPODA-PROSOBRANCHIA-DE-CUATRO-ISLAS-DEL-CARIBE-CUBA-CURAZAO-GUADALUPE-Y-MARTINICA.pdf J.; Ort