Scaphella is a genus of large sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Volutidae, the volutes.[1]
Distribution
This is a tropical genus occurring 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.[2] 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.[1]
Species
Species within the genus Scaphella include:[3]
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Scaphella atlantis Clench, 1946
- † Scaphella baudoni (Deshayes, 1865)
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Scaphella biminiensis Oleinik, Petuch & Aley IV, 2012
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Scaphella contoyensis Emerson & Old, 1979
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Scaphella dohrni (G.B. Sowerby III, 1903)
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Scaphella dubia (Broderip, 1827) - Dubious Volute
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Scaphella evelina F. M. Bayer, 1971
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Scaphella garciai Bail, 2007
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Scaphella gaudiati Bail & Shelton, 2001
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Scaphella gouldiana (Dall, 1887)
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Scaphella junonia (Lamarck, 1804) - type species
- † Scaphella kendrae Petuch & Berschauer, 2021
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Scaphella luizcoutoi Coltro, 1998
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Scaphella macginnorum García & Emerson, 1987
- † Scaphella macrocephala Finlay, 1927
- † Scaphella martinshugari Petuch, 1994
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Scaphella matchetti Petuch & Sargent, 2011
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Scaphella neptunia (Clench & Aguayo, 1940)
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Scaphella robusta Dall, 1889
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Scaphella stimpsonorum T. Cossignani & Allary, 2019
- Species brought into synonymy
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Scaphella benthalis Dall, 1896: synonym of Arctomelon benthale (Dall, 1896)
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Scaphella butleri Clench, 1953: synonym of Scaphella junonia butleri Clench, 1953
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Scaphella carlae Landau & C. M. Silva, 2006 †: synonym of Euroscaphella carlae (Landau & C. M. Silva, 2006) †
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Scaphella caroli Iredale, 1924: synonym of Amoria maculata (Swainson, 1822)
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Scaphella cognata Finlay, 1926 †: synonym of Teremelon cognata (Finlay, 1926) †
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Scaphella dannevigi Verco, 1912: synonym of Livonia nodiplicata (Cox, 1910)
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Scaphella elegantissima Suter, 1917 †: synonym of Teremelon elegantissima (Suter, 1917) † (original combination)
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Scaphella florida (Clench & Aguayo, 1940): synonym of Scaphella dohrni (G. B. Sowerby III, 1903)
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Scaphella hedleyi Iredale, 1914: synonym of Amoria (Amoria) damoni Gray, 1864 represented as Amoria damoni Gray, 1864
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Scaphella honi Glibert, 1938 †: synonym of Euroscaphella honi (Glibert, 1938) †
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Scaphella johnstoneae Clench, 1953: synonym of Scaphella junonia (Lamarck, 1804)
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Scaphella lamberti (J. Sowerby, 1816) †: synonym of Euroscaphella lamberti (J. Sowerby, 1816) †
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Scaphella lautenschlageri Volobueva, 1981 †: synonym of Arctomelon lautenschlageri (Volobueva, 1981) † (original combination)
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Scaphella marionae (Pilsbry & Olsson, 1953): synonym of Scaphella robusta marionae (Pilsbry & Olsson, 1953)
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Scaphella moslemica Hedley, 1912: synonym of Amoria undulata (Lamarck, 1804)
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Scaphella papillaris Swainson, 1840: synonym of Ericusa papillosa (Swainson, 1822)
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Scaphella pretiosa Finlay, 1926 †: synonym of Teremelon pretiosa (Finlay, 1926) †
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Scaphella tumidior Finlay, 1926 †: synonym of Teremelon tumidior (Finlay, 1926) †
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Scaphella veliocassina Pacaud & Meyer, 2014 †: synonym of Euroscaphella veliocassina (Pacaud & Meyer, 2014) †
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Scaphella victoriensis Cossmann, 1899 †: synonym of Notopeplum politum (Tate, 1889) † (unnecessary replacement name for Voluta polita Tate, 1889, erroneously stated by Cossmann to be a junior homonym of "Voluta polita" Conrad)
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Scaphella vignyensis Chavan, 1949 †: synonym of Euroscaphella vignyensis (Chavan, 1949) †
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Scaphella volvestrensis Villatte, 1962 †: synonym of Euroscaphella volvestrensis (Villatte, 1962) †
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Scaphella worki Coltro J., 1998: synonym of Scaphella robusta marionae (Pilsbry & Olsson, 1953)
References
- Bail, P & Poppe, G. T. 2001. A conchological iconography: a taxonomic introduction of the recent Volutidae. Hackenheim-Conchbook, 30 pp, 5 pl.
- Petuch E.J. & Sargent D.M. (2011) Rare and unusual shells of the Florida Keys and adjacent areas. Wellington, Florida: MdM Publishing. 158 pp.