Scaphella
Scaphella is a genus of large sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Volutidae, the volutes.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. . 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.Species
Species within the genus Scaphella include:
- Scaphella biminiensis Oleinik, Petuch & Aley IV, 2012
- Scaphella worki Coltro J., 1998
;Subgenus Scaphella A. & H. Adams, 1853
- Scaphella dubia - Dubious Volute
;Subgenus Scaphella Petuch & Sargent, 2011
- Scaphella matchetti Petuch & Sargent, 2011
;Subgenus Scaphella
- Scaphella atlantis Clench, 1946
- Scaphella contoyensis Emerson & Old, 1979
- Scaphella dohrni
- Scaphella evelina F. M. Bayer, 1971
- Scaphella garciai Bail, 2007
- Scaphella gaudiati Bail & Shelton, 2001
- Scaphella gouldiana
- Scaphella junonia - type species
- Scaphella luizcoutoi Coltro, 1998
- Scaphella macginnorum García & Emerson, 1987
- Scaphella neptunia
- Scaphella robusta Dall, 1889
;Species brought into synonymy:
- Scaphella caroli Iredale, 1924: synonym of Amoria maculata
- Scaphella dannevigi Verco, 1912: synonym of Livonia nodiplicata
- Scaphella hedleyi Iredale, 1914: synonym of Amoria damoni Gray, 1864 represented as Amoria damoni Gray, 1864
- Scaphella moslemica Hedley, 1912: synonym of Amoria undulata
- Scaphella papillaris Swainson, 1840: synonym of Ericusa papillosa
