Volvarina obscura — The Life Data

Animalia/Mollusca/Gastropoda/Neogastropoda/Marginellidae/Volvarina

At a glance

Occurrence records19

Data sources7

Biological traits2

DNA specimens1

eDNA detections0

Sources7 archives

Databases and archives Volvarina obscura's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation3 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility12 records↗

OBISOcean Biodiversity Information System7 records↗

BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics1 specimens↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

Catalogue of LifeCOLtaxonomy↗

On this page4 sections

Every layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.

NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements1 literature sources2 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF · OBIS19 records

DNA & barcodingBOLD1 specimens

01Narrative

Volvarina obscura is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Marginellidae, the margin snails.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesSeaLifeBase

Habitat & environment2

Habitat saltwateryes

Habitat zonebenthic

05DNA & barcoding1 specimens

A DNA barcode is a short, standardised stretch of genes that works like a fingerprint — enough to tell one species from another. Below is the molecular trace Volvarina obscura has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

DNA specimens1

Marker genes1

Countries1

Marker genes sequenced

★ the standard DNA barcode for this group — the short region actually read to tell this species apart. The rest are extra genes sequenced along the way.

COI-5P

animal barcode

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type19 records

Wild obs. + sensor5

Museum / vouchered14

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO36 km²

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

Coordinate accuracy0% within 1 km

>10 km 3

3 georeferenced · 2 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor5

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.

Coordinate accuracy0% within 1 km

>10 km 5

5 georeferenced · 9 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence14

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

10Collections & institutions

Holding institutions3 of 7 geolocated

Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.

Institution	Specimens
Philadelphia, US	2
Santa Barbara Museum of Natural Historylocation not on record	2
Denver, US	1
Natural History Museum of Utahlocation not on record	1
Florida Museum of Natural History- Zoology, Paleontology & Paleobotanylocation not on record	1
RBINS-Scientific Heritagelocation not on record	1
Brussels, BE	1

7 institutions · 9 of 14 vouchered records shown