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Scaphella Swainson, 1832 
AphiaID: 382285

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Caenogastropoda (Subclass) > Neogastropoda (Order) > Muricoidea (Superfamily) > Volutidae (Family) > Scaphellinae (Subfamily)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Genus
Parent Scaphellinae Gray, 1857
Synonymised
taxa
  Aurinia H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853 (synonym)
Bathyaurinia Clench & Aguayo, 1940 (synonym)
Clenchina Pilsbry & Olsson, 1953 (synonym)
Maculopeplum Dall, 1906 (synonym)
Rehderia Clench, 1946 (synonym)
Sources  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]

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 Subgenus Scaphella (Aurinia) A. & H. Adams, 1853
  » Species Scaphella (Aurinia) dubia (Broderip, 1827) represented as Scaphella dubia (Broderip, 1827) (alternate representation)
» Species Scaphella (Aurinia) cuba Clench, 1946 accepted as Scaphella (Scaphella) robusta (Dall, 1889)
Subgenus Scaphella (Caricellopsis) Petuch & Sargent, 2011
  » Species Scaphella (Caricellopsis) matchetti Petuch & Sargent, 2011
Subgenus Scaphella (Scaphella)
  » Species Scaphella (Scaphella) atlantis Clench, 1946
» Species Scaphella (Scaphella) contoyensis Emerson & W. E. Old jr., 1979
» Species Scaphella (Scaphella) evelina Bayer, 1971
» Species Scaphella (Scaphella) garciai Bail, 2007
» Species Scaphella (Scaphella) gaudiati Bail & Shelton, 2001
» Species Scaphella (Scaphella) gouldiana (Dall, 1887)
» Species Scaphella (Scaphella) luizcoutoi Coltro, 1998
» Species Scaphella (Scaphella) macginnorum Garcia & Emerson, 1987
» Species Scaphella (Scaphella) neptunia Clench & Aguayo, 1940
» Species Scaphella (Scaphella) robusta (Dall, 1889)
» Species Scaphella (Scaphella) biminiensis Oleinik, Petuch & Aley IV, 2012 represented as Scaphella biminiensis Oleinik, Petuch & Aley IV, 2012 (alternate representation)
» Species Scaphella (Scaphella) dohrni (G. B. Sowerby III, 1903) represented as Scaphella dohrni (G. B. Sowerby III, 1903) (alternate representation)
» Species Scaphella (Scaphella) junonia (Lamarck, 1804) represented as Scaphella junonia (Lamarck, 1804) (alternate representation)
Species Scaphella biminiensis Oleinik, Petuch & Aley IV, 2012
Species Scaphella dohrni (G. B. Sowerby III, 1903)
Species Scaphella dubia (Broderip, 1827)
Species Scaphella junonia (Lamarck, 1804)
Species Scaphella marionae (Pilsbry & Olsson, 1953)

Species Scaphella caroli Iredale, 1924 accepted as Amoria maculata (Swainson, 1822)
Species Scaphella dannevigi Verco, 1912 accepted as Livonia nodiplicata (Cox, 1910)
Species Scaphella hedleyi Iredale, 1914 accepted as Amoria (Amoria) damonii Gray, 1864 represented as Amoria damonii Gray, 1864
Species Scaphella moslemica Hedley, 1912 accepted as Amoria undulata (Lamarck, 1804)
Species Scaphella papillaris Swainson, 1840 accepted as Ericusa papillosa (Swainson, 1822)
Species Scaphella worki J. Coltro, 1998 accepted as Scaphella marionae (Pilsbry & Olsson, 1953)
Environment marine
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Notes  Diagnosis: Shell small to large, fusiform. Protoconch smooth and papilliform, often with a calcarella. Columellar plates weak or absent. Patterned. Periostracum present. Radula small, variable from Y-shaped to tricuspid. [details]

Distribution: Restricted to Caribbean waters and adjacent areas. [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:382285
Taxonomic
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2009-02-04 09:03:51Z  created  Bail, Patrice
  
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  Citation: Bail, P. (2013). Scaphella Swainson, 1832. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=382285 on 2013-06-20
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