Scaphella


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

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. 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.
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.

Species

Species within the genus Scaphella include:Scaphella atlantis Clench, 1946
;Species brought into synonymy:Scaphella benthalis Dall, 1896: synonym of Arctomelon benthale Scaphella butleri Clench, 1953: synonym of Scaphella junonia butleri Clench, 1953Scaphella carlae Landau & C. M. Silva, 2006 †: synonym of Euroscaphella carlae †Scaphella caroli Iredale, 1924: synonym of Amoria maculata Scaphella cognata Finlay, 1926 †: synonym of Teremelon cognata †Scaphella dannevigi Verco, 1912: synonym of Livonia nodiplicata Scaphella elegantissima Suter, 1917 †: synonym of Teremelon elegantissima † Scaphella florida : synonym of Scaphella dohrni Scaphella hedleyi Iredale, 1914: synonym of Amoria damoni Gray, 1864 represented as Amoria damoni Gray, 1864Scaphella honi Glibert, 1938 †: synonym of Euroscaphella honi †Scaphella johnstoneae Clench, 1953: synonym of Scaphella junonia Scaphella lamberti †: synonym of Euroscaphella lamberti †Scaphella lautenschlageri Volobueva, 1981 †: synonym of Arctomelon lautenschlageri † Scaphella marionae : synonym of Scaphella robusta marionae Scaphella moslemica Hedley, 1912: synonym of Amoria undulata Scaphella papillaris Swainson, 1840: synonym of Ericusa papillosa Scaphella pretiosa Finlay, 1926 †: synonym of Teremelon pretiosa †Scaphella tumidior Finlay, 1926 †: synonym of Teremelon tumidior †Scaphella veliocassina Pacaud & Meyer, 2014 †: synonym of Euroscaphella veliocassina †Scaphella victoriensis Cossmann, 1899 †: synonym of Notopeplum politum † Scaphella vignyensis Chavan, 1949 †: synonym of Euroscaphella vignyensis †Scaphella volvestrensis Villatte, 1962 †: synonym of Euroscaphella volvestrensis †Scaphella worki Coltro J., 1998: synonym of ''Scaphella robusta marionae''