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Volvarina zonata Zoned Marginella, Banded Marginella

Volvarina zonata is commonly referred to as Zoned Marginella, Banded Marginella. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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Volvarina zonata, outer photographers, Cape Point, Cape Town, South Africa 2021 (CC-BY-SA)


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lexID:
17814 
AphiaID:
225398 
Scientific:
Volvarina zonata 
German:
Gebänderte Marginella 
English:
Zoned Marginella, Banded Marginella 
Category:
 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Neogastropoda (Order) > Marginellidae (Family) > Volvarina (Genus) > zonata (Species) 
Initial determination:
(Kiener, ), 1841 
Occurrence:
Namibia, South-Africa 
Marine Zone:
Subtidal, sublittoral, infralittoral, deep zone of the oceans from the lower limit of the intertidal zone (intertidal) to the shelf edge at about 200 m water depth. neritic. 
Sea depth:
Meter 
Habitats:
Intertidal zone, Tidal Zone, Sandy sea floors, Seawater, Sea water 
Size:
0" - 0" (0,35cm - 0,8cm) 
Temperature:
°F - 62.6 °F (°C - 17°C) 
Food:
Carnivore, No reliable information available, Predatory 
Difficulty:
Not suitable for aquarium keeping 
Offspring:
None 
Toxicity:
Toxic hazard unknown 
CITES:
Not evaluated 
Red List:
Not evaluated (NE) 
Related species at
Catalog of Life:
  • Volvarina abbreviata
  • Volvarina abdieli
  • Volvarina adrianadiae
  • Volvarina aethrae
  • Volvarina affinis
  • Volvarina agata
  • Volvarina agatha
  • Volvarina aglae
  • Volvarina aladunniae
  • Volvarina alamarensis
 
More related species
in this lexicon:
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2025-10-19 13:11:40 

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Volvarina zonata (Kiener, 1841)

Volvarina is a genus of small to very small sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Marginellidae, the margin shells.

Synonymised names
Marginella zonata Kiener, 1841 · unaccepted (original combination)

Direct children (3)
Forma Volvarina zonata f. bilineata (Krauss, 1848)
Forma Volvarina zonata f. cleo Bartsch, 1915 accepted as Volvarina zonata f. bilineata (Krauss, 1848)
Variety Volvarina zonata var. kraussi (W. H. Turton, 1932) (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)

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Volvarina zonata, outer photographers, Cape Point, Cape Town, South Africa 2022 (CC-BY-SA)
Volvarina zonata, outer photographers, Cape Point, Cape Town, South Africa 2021 (CC-BY-SA)

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