Deep-Sea taxon details
Scaphellinae J. E. Gray, 1857
382283 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:382283)
accepted
Subfamily
- Genus Ampulla Röding, 1798
- Genus Aurinia H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853
- Genus Scaphella Swainson, 1832
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Gray, J. E. (1857). <i>Guide to the systematic distribution of Mollusca in the British Museum</i>. Part I. [Gastropoda]. British Museum, London, xii + 230 pp. [9 May; Preface dated 10 Dec. 1856]. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/117528
page(s): vi; note: original rank: [subfamily] Scaphellina, in synonymy of Amoriana; available under ICZN Art. 11.6.1. [details]
page(s): vi; note: original rank: [subfamily] Scaphellina, in synonymy of Amoriana; available under ICZN Art. 11.6.1. [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Scaphellinae J. E. Gray, 1857. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=382283 on 2026-09-02
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Scaphellinae J. E. Gray, 1857. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=382283 on 2026-09-02
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Gray, J. E. (1857). <i>Guide to the systematic distribution of Mollusca in the British Museum</i>. Part I. [Gastropoda]. British Museum, London, xii + 230 pp. [9 May; Preface dated 10 Dec. 1856]. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/117528
page(s): vi; note: original rank: [subfamily] Scaphellina, in synonymy of Amoriana; available under ICZN Art. 11.6.1. [details]
basis of record Bail, P. & Poppe, G. T. (2001). <i>A conchological iconography: A taxonomic introduction of the Recent Volutidae</i>. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 30 pp., 5 pls. [details] Available for editors
page(s): vi; note: original rank: [subfamily] Scaphellina, in synonymy of Amoriana; available under ICZN Art. 11.6.1. [details]
basis of record Bail, P. & Poppe, G. T. (2001). <i>A conchological iconography: A taxonomic introduction of the Recent Volutidae</i>. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 30 pp., 5 pls. [details] Available for editors
From editor or global species database
Diagnosis Head bilobed in front by a deep cleft. Siphon with one basal lobe on the left side of head. Racemose gland fluffy. Gland of Leiblein large and convoluted, tightly intricate with the oesophagus. Siphonal notch and fasciole absent. No operculum. [details]
