Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Alternative spelling: Scaphella (Aurinia)
Parent taxon: Volutidae according to J. A. Gardner 1948
See also Darragh 1989, Martin 1904, Olsson 1967 and Vokes 1998
Sister taxa: Alcithoinae, Amoria, Amoriinae, Athletinae, Benthovoluta, Calliotectinae, Caricellinae, Closia, Cymbiinae, Cymbium, Enaeta, Eucymba, Fulgorariinae, Gosavia, Haliinae, Involuta, Notopeplum, Notoplejona, Notovoluta, Odontocymbiolinae, Pavora, Phenacoptygma, Santeevoluta, Scaphella, Scaphellinae, Teremachia, Volutilithinae, Volutinae, Volutoderminae, Yetinae, Zidoninae
Subtaxa: Aurinia (Aurinia) Scaphella (Aurinia) typus
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution: found only at La fauna de la division Rio Coatzacoalcos (Miocene of Mexico)
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