Volvarina avena

Volvarina avena, common name the orange-banded marginella, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Marginellidae, the margin snails.


 * Forma:
 * Volvarina avena f. beyerleana (Bernardi, 1953) : synonym of Volvarina beyerleana (Bernardi, 1853)
 * Volvarina avena f. varia G. B. Sowerby, 1846 accepted as Volvarina avena (Kiener, 1834)

Description
The size of the shell varies between 9 mm and 16 mm.

Distribution
This species occurs in the Caribbean Sea, the Gulf of Mexico and off the Lesser Antilles; in the Atlantic Ocean from North Carolina, USA, to Eastern Brasil.