†Scaphella costaricana Olsson 1922 (volute)
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Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Full reference: A. A. Olsson. 1922. The Miocene of Northern Costa Rica. Bulletins of American Paleontology 9(39):1-309
Belongs to Scaphella according to A. A. Olsson 1922
Sister taxa: Scaphella (Clenchina), Scaphella (Scaphella), Scaphella aegyptiaca, Scaphella americana, Scaphella floridana, Scaphella junonia, Scaphella solitaria, Scaphella stromboidella, Scaphella trenholmii, Scaphella virginiana
Type specimen: Its type locality is Rio Cocles [Uscari Fm], which is in a Miocene marine siliciclastic in the Uscari Formation of Costa Rica
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution: found only at Rio Cocles [Uscari Fm]
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