Scaphella

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

Scaphella
Shell of Scaphella gaudiati (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Volutoidea
Family: Volutidae
Genus: Scaphella
Swainson, 1832
Type species
Voluta junonia Lamarck, 1804
Synonyms
  • Aurinia H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853
  • Clenchina Pilsbry & Olsson, 1953
  • Fulguraria (Aurinia) H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854
  • Maculopeplum Dall, 1906
  • Rehderia Clench, 1946
  • Scaphella (Aurinia) A. & H. Adams, 1853 · alternate representation
  • Scaphella (Caricellopsis) Petuch & Sargent, 2011 · alternate representation
  • Scaphella (Clenchina) Pilsbry & Olsson, 1953
  • Scaphella (Scaphella) Swainson, 1832 · alternate representation
  • Voluta (Scaphella) Swainson, 1832
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