Deep-Sea taxon details
Scaphella Swainson, 1832
382285 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:382285)
accepted
Genus
Scaphella (Clenchina) Pilsbry & Olsson, 1953 · alternative representation
Scaphella (Scaphella) Swainson, 1832 · alternative representation
- Species Scaphella gouldiana (Dall, 1887)
- Species Scaphella robusta (Dall, 1889)
- Subgenus Scaphella (Aurinia) A. Adams & H. Adams, 1853 accepted as Aurinia H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853
- Species Scaphella (Aurinia) dubia (Broderip, 1827) accepted as Aurinia (Aurinia) dubia (Broderip, 1827) represented as Aurinia dubia (Broderip, 1827)
- Species Scaphella dubia (Broderip, 1827) accepted as Aurinia dubia (Broderip, 1827) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Subgenus Scaphella (Clenchina) Pilsbry & Olsson, 1953 represented as Scaphella Swainson, 1832
- Species Scaphella (Clenchina) robusta (Dall, 1889) represented as Scaphella robusta (Dall, 1889)
- Subgenus Scaphella (Scaphella) Swainson, 1832 represented as Scaphella Swainson, 1832
- Species Scaphella (Scaphella) robusta (Dall, 1889) accepted as Scaphella (Clenchina) robusta (Dall, 1889) represented as Scaphella robusta (Dall, 1889) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Scaphella (Scaphella) gouldiana (Dall, 1887) represented as Scaphella gouldiana (Dall, 1887)
marine
Swainson, W. (1829-1833). Zoological Illustrations, or original figures and descriptions of new, rare, or interesting animals, selected chiefly from the classes of ornithology, entomology, and conchology, and arranged according to their apparent affinities. Second series. London: Baldwin & Cradock. (Vol. 1-3): pl. 1-30 [1829] pl. 31-45 [1830] pl. 46-85 [1831] pl. 86-96 [1832] pl. 97-136 [1833]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/42278
page(s): pl. 87 [details]
page(s): pl. 87 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Scaphella Swainson, 1832. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=382285 on 2025-11-10
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Scaphella Swainson, 1832. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=382285 on 2025-11-10
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Swainson, W. (1829-1833). Zoological Illustrations, or original figures and descriptions of new, rare, or interesting animals, selected chiefly from the classes of ornithology, entomology, and conchology, and arranged according to their apparent affinities. Second series. London: Baldwin & Cradock. (Vol. 1-3): pl. 1-30 [1829] pl. 31-45 [1830] pl. 46-85 [1831] pl. 86-96 [1832] pl. 97-136 [1833]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/42278
page(s): pl. 87 [details]
basis of record Bail, P.; Poppe, G.T. (2001). A conchological iconography: a taxonomic introduction of the recent Volutidae. <em>ConchBooks, Hackenheim.</em> 30 pp, 5 pl. (updated October 2008 for WoRMS). [details]
additional source Dall, W. H. (1906). Note on some names in the Volutidae. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 19(12): 143-144., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27052172 [details]
page(s): pl. 87 [details]
basis of record Bail, P.; Poppe, G.T. (2001). A conchological iconography: a taxonomic introduction of the recent Volutidae. <em>ConchBooks, Hackenheim.</em> 30 pp, 5 pl. (updated October 2008 for WoRMS). [details]
additional source Dall, W. H. (1906). Note on some names in the Volutidae. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 19(12): 143-144., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27052172 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Diagnosis Shell small to large, fusiform. Protoconch smooth and papilliform, often with a calcarella. Columellar plates weak or absent. Patterned. Periostracum present. Radula small, variable from Y-shaped to tricuspid. [details]
