Scaphella

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;

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]

(Described as Aurinia) The shell is ovately fusiform. The spire has a mamillated apex. The whorls are transversely finely striated and longitudinally subplicate. The folds of the columella are obsolete. The outer lip is thin and simple.^[3]

Species

Species within the genus Scaphella include:^[4]

Scaphella atlantis Clench, 1946
† Scaphella baudoni (Deshayes, 1865)
Scaphella biminiensis Oleinik, Petuch & Aley IV, 2012
Scaphella contoyensis Emerson & Old, 1979
Scaphella dohrni (G.B. Sowerby III, 1903)
Scaphella dubia (Broderip, 1827) - Dubious Volute
Scaphella evelina F. M. Bayer, 1971
Scaphella garciai Bail, 2007
Scaphella gaudiati Bail & Shelton, 2001
Scaphella gouldiana (Dall, 1887)
Scaphella junonia (Lamarck, 1804) - type species
† Scaphella kendrae Petuch & Berschauer, 2021
Scaphella luizcoutoi Coltro, 1998
Scaphella macginnorum García & Emerson, 1987
† Scaphella macrocephala Finlay, 1927
† Scaphella martinshugari Petuch, 1994
Scaphella matchetti Petuch & Sargent, 2011
Scaphella neptunia (Clench & Aguayo, 1940)
Scaphella robusta Dall, 1889
Scaphella stimpsonorum T. Cossignani & Allary, 2019

Species brought into synonymy

Scaphella benthalis Dall, 1896: synonym of Arctomelon benthale (Dall, 1896)
Scaphella butleri Clench, 1953: synonym of Scaphella junonia butleri Clench, 1953
Scaphella carlae Landau & C. M. Silva, 2006 †: synonym of Euroscaphella carlae (Landau & C. M. Silva, 2006) †
Scaphella caroli Iredale, 1924: synonym of Amoria maculata (Swainson, 1822)
Scaphella cognata Finlay, 1926 †: synonym of Teremelon cognata (Finlay, 1926) †
Scaphella dannevigi Verco, 1912: synonym of Livonia nodiplicata (Cox, 1910)
Scaphella elegantissima Suter, 1917 †: synonym of Teremelon elegantissima (Suter, 1917) † (original combination)
Scaphella florida (Clench & Aguayo, 1940): synonym of Scaphella dohrni (G. B. Sowerby III, 1903)
Scaphella hedleyi Iredale, 1914: synonym of Amoria (Amoria) damoni Gray, 1864 represented as Amoria damoni Gray, 1864
Scaphella honi Glibert, 1938 †: synonym of Euroscaphella honi (Glibert, 1938) †
Scaphella johnstoneae Clench, 1953: synonym of Scaphella junonia (Lamarck, 1804)
Scaphella lamberti (J. Sowerby, 1816) †: synonym of Euroscaphella lamberti (J. Sowerby, 1816) †
Scaphella lautenschlageri Volobueva, 1981 †: synonym of Arctomelon lautenschlageri (Volobueva, 1981) † (original combination)
Scaphella marionae (Pilsbry & Olsson, 1953): synonym of Scaphella robusta marionae (Pilsbry & Olsson, 1953)
Scaphella moslemica Hedley, 1912: synonym of Amoria undulata (Lamarck, 1804)
Scaphella papillaris Swainson, 1840: synonym of Ericusa papillosa (Swainson, 1822)
Scaphella pretiosa Finlay, 1926 †: synonym of Teremelon pretiosa (Finlay, 1926) †
Scaphella tumidior Finlay, 1926 †: synonym of Teremelon tumidior (Finlay, 1926) †
Scaphella veliocassina Pacaud & Meyer, 2014 †: synonym of Euroscaphella veliocassina (Pacaud & Meyer, 2014) †
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)
Scaphella vignyensis Chavan, 1949 †: synonym of Euroscaphella vignyensis (Chavan, 1949) †
Scaphella volvestrensis Villatte, 1962 †: synonym of Euroscaphella volvestrensis (Villatte, 1962) †
Scaphella worki Coltro J., 1998: synonym of Scaphella robusta marionae (Pilsbry & Olsson, 1953)

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Bouchet, Philippe (2019). "Scaphella Swainson, 1832". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2012-07-09.
^ Bernard Landau; Carlos Marques da Silva (2006). "The genus Scaphella (Gastropoda: Volutidae) in the Neogene of Europe and its paleobiogeographical implications" (PDF). The Nautilus. 120 (3): 81–93. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 May 2022.
^ Adams, H. & Adams, A. (1853-1858). The genera of Recent Mollusca; arranged according to their organization. London, van Voorst. Vol. 1: xl + 484 pp.; vol. 2: 661 pp.; vol. 3: 138 pls
^ "Scaphella". Malacolog. A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca. Version 4.1.1. Academy of Natural Sciences. Retrieved 18 February 2010.

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.

External links

[WoRMS-1] Bouchet, Philippe (2019). "Scaphella Swainson, 1832". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2012-07-09.

[2] Bernard Landau; Carlos Marques da Silva (2006). "The genus Scaphella (Gastropoda: Volutidae) in the Neogene of Europe and its paleobiogeographical implications" (PDF). The Nautilus. 120 (3): 81–93. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 May 2022.

[3] Adams, H. & Adams, A. (1853-1858). The genera of Recent Mollusca; arranged according to their organization. London, van Voorst. Vol. 1: xl + 484 pp.; vol. 2: 661 pp.; vol. 3: 138 pls

[Malacolog-4] "Scaphella". Malacolog. A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca. Version 4.1.1. Academy of Natural Sciences. Retrieved 18 February 2010.

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