Scaphella

This is a tropical genus occurring in the Western Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean Sea.

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 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)