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Scaphellinae Gray, 1857
AphiaID: 382283

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Caenogastropoda (Subclass) > Neogastropoda (Order) > Muricoidea (Superfamily) > Volutidae (Family)

Status

accepted

Record
status

Checked by Taxonomic Editor

Rank

Subfamily

Parent

Volutidae Rafinesque, 1815

Source

basis of record: Bail P. & Poppe G.T. 2001. A conchological iconography: a taxonomic introduction of the recent Volutidae. ConchBooks, Hackenheim. 30 pp, 5 pl. (updated October 2008 for WoRMS) [details]

Direct child
taxa
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Genus Ampulla Röding, 1798
Genus Scaphella Swainson, 1832
Genus Volutifusus Conrad, 1863

Genus Aurinia H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853 accepted as Scaphella Swainson, 1832
Genus Bathyaurinia Clench & Aguayo, 1940 accepted as Scaphella Swainson, 1832
Genus Clenchina Pilsbry & Olsson, 1953 accepted as Scaphella Swainson, 1832
Genus Halia Risso, 1829 accepted as Ampulla Röding, 1798
Genus Maculopeplum Dall, 1906 accepted as Scaphella Swainson, 1832
Genus Priamus Beck, 1838 accepted as Ampulla Röding, 1798
Genus Rehderia Clench, 1946 accepted as Scaphella Swainson, 1832

Environment

marine

Note

Diagnosis: Head bilobed in front by a deep cleft. Siphon with one basal lobe on the left side of head. Racemose gland fluffy. Gland of Leiblein large and convoluted, tightly intricate with the oesophagus. Siphonal notch and fasciole absent. No operculum. [details]

LSID

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:382283

Taxonomic
Edit history

Date	action	by
2009-02-04 09:03:51Z	created	Bail, Patrice

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Citation: Bail, P. (2013). Scaphellinae Gray, 1857. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=382283 on 2013-05-19

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