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

Taxonomy
Dall  considered Marginella avenella a synonym of Marginella succinea Conrad, 1846 (now considered a synonym of Prunum succineum (Conrad, 1846) ). These are actually two different species. He recognized this mistake afterwards.

Description
This species occurs in the Gulf of Mexico.

Distribution
Volvarina avenella can be found in Caribbean waters, ranging from the Florida Keys to Cuba.

References

 DALL, W. H. 1881. Reports on the results of dredging, under the supervision of Alexander Agassiz, in the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea, 1877-79, by the United States Coast Survey Steamer “Blake”, Lieutenant-Commander C. D. Sigsbee, U. S. N., and Commander J. R. Barttlet, U. S. N Commanding. Preliminary Report on the mollusca. Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., 9(2): 33-318.
 Cossignani T. (2006). Marginellidae & Cystiscidae of the World. L'Informatore Piceno. 408pp.
 G., F. Moretzsohn, and E. F. García. 2009. Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, pp. 579–699 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.

avenella
Gastropods described in 1881