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Scaphella
A shell of Scaphella junonia
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Scaphella

Synonyms[2]
  • Aurinia H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853
  • Bathyaurinia Clench & Aguayo, 1940
  • Clenchina Pilsbry & Olsson, 1953
  • Maculopeplum Dall, 1906
  • Rehderia Clench, 1946

Scaphella is a genus of large sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Volutidae, the volutes. [2]

Distribution

This is a tropical genus which occurs in the Western Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean Sea.

Description

There are both living and fossil species in this genus, which first appeared in the Paleocene. [1]. The fusiform, patterned shell is small to large. The protoconch is smooth and papilliform, often with a calcarella. The columellar plates are weak or absent. The periostracum is present, but an operculum is not. The radula is small, and variable from Y-shaped to tricuspid. [2]

Species

Species within the genus Scaphella include:[3]

Subgenus Scaphella (Aurinia) A. & H. Adams, 1853
Subgenus Scaphella (Caricellopsis) Petuch & Sargent, 2011
Subgenus Scaphella (Scaphella)
Species brought into synonymy
  • Scaphella caroli Iredale, 1924: synonym of Amoria maculata (Swainson, 1822)
  • Scaphella dannevigi Verco, 1912: synonym of Livonia nodiplicata (Cox, 1910)
  • Scaphella hedleyi Iredale, 1914: synonym of Amoria (Amoria) damoni Gray, 1864 represented as Amoria damoni Gray, 1864
  • Scaphella moslemica Hedley, 1912: synonym of Amoria undulata (Lamarck, 1804)
  • Scaphella papillaris Swainson, 1840: synonym of Ericusa papillosa (Swainson, 1822)

References

  1. ^ Swainson W. J. (1832) Zool. Illust. (2)2(19), pl. 87.
  2. ^ a b c Bail, P. (2012). Scaphella. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=382285 on 2012-07-09
  3. ^ "searching for Scaphella". Malacolog Version 4.1.1. A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca. Accessed 18 February 2010.
  • Bail, P & Poppe, G. T. 2001. A conchological iconography: a taxonomic introduction of the recent Volutidae. Hackenheim-Conchbook, 30 pp, 5 pl.