Kingdom Animalia Family Volutidae Scientific name Scaphella Higher classification Volutidae | Superfamily Muricoidea Subfamily Scaphellinae Phylum Mollusca Rank Genus | |
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Similar Scaphella junonia, Gastropods, Volutidae, Molluscs, Voluta | ||
Scaphella is a genus of large sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Volutidae, the volutes.
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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. [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
Species within the genus Scaphella include:
References
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