Scaphella is a genus of large sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Volutidae, the volutes.
This is a tropical genus which occurs in the Western Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean Sea.
There are both living and fossil species in this genus, which first appeared in the Paleocene. [1]. 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 within the genus Scaphella include:
Scaphella biminiensis Oleinik, Petuch & Aley IV, 2012Scaphella worki Coltro J., 1998Subgenus Scaphella (Aurinia) A. & H. Adams, 1853Scaphella dubia (Broderip, 1827) - Dubious VoluteSubgenus Scaphella (Caricellopsis) Petuch & Sargent, 2011Scaphella matchetti Petuch & Sargent, 2011Subgenus Scaphella (Scaphella)Scaphella atlantis Clench, 1946Scaphella contoyensis Emerson & Old, 1979Scaphella dohrni (Sowerby III, 1903)Scaphella evelina F. M. Bayer, 1971Scaphella garciai Bail, 2007Scaphella gaudiati Bail & Shelton, 2001Scaphella gouldiana (Dall, 1887)Scaphella junonia (Lamarck, 1804) - type speciesScaphella luizcoutoi Coltro, 1998Scaphella macginnorum García & Emerson, 1987Scaphella neptunia (Clench & Aguayo, 1940)Scaphella robusta Dall, 1889Species brought into synonymyScaphella caroli Iredale, 1924: synonym of Amoria maculata (Swainson, 1822)Scaphella dannevigi Verco, 1912: synonym of Livonia nodiplicata (Cox, 1910)Scaphella hedleyi Iredale, 1914: synonym of Amoria (Amoria) damoni Gray, 1864 represented as Amoria damoni Gray, 1864Scaphella moslemica Hedley, 1912: synonym of Amoria undulata (Lamarck, 1804)Scaphella papillaris Swainson, 1840: synonym of Ericusa papillosa (Swainson, 1822)
