Scaphella Swainson 1832

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Volutidae

Alternative spelling: Voluta (Scaphella)

Synonym: Maculopeplum Dall 1906

Parent taxon: Volutidae according to J. A. Todd 2001

See also Darragh 1989, DuBar 1958, Gardner 1948, Martin 1904, Olsson 1967, Olsson and Harbison 1953, Oppenheim 1902, Pacaud and Le Renard 1995, Sepkoski 2002, Vokes 1998, Ward 1992 and Wienrich 2001

Sister taxa: Alcithoinae, Amoria, Amoriinae, Athletinae, Aurinia, Benthovoluta, Calliotectinae, Caricellinae, Closia, Cymbiinae, Cymbium, Enaeta, Eucymba, Fulgorariinae, Gosavia, Haliinae, Involuta, Notopeplum, Notoplejona, Notovoluta, Odontocymbiolinae, Pavora, Phenacoptygma, Santeevoluta, Scaphellinae, Teremachia, Volutilithinae, Volutinae, Volutoderminae, Yetinae, Zidoninae

Subtaxa: Scaphella (Clenchina) Scaphella (Scaphella) Scaphella aegyptiaca Scaphella americana Scaphella costaricana Scaphella floridana Scaphella junonia Scaphella solitaria Scaphella stromboidella Scaphella trenholmii Scaphella virginiana

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Distribution:

• Quaternary of United States (10: Florida, Louisiana, North Carolina, South Carolina collections)

• Pliocene to Pleistocene of United States (2: Florida)

• Pliocene of Belgium (4), Panama (3), the United Kingdom (3), United States (8: Florida, North Carolina, Virginia)

• Miocene to Pliocene of the Dominican Republic (1)

• Miocene of Belgium (1), Costa Rica (1), Denmark (1), Germany (19), the Netherlands (2), United States (6: Delaware, Maryland, North Carolina)

• Oligocene of Denmark (3), United States (2: North Carolina)

• Eocene of Egypt (1), the United Kingdom (1), United States (7: Alabama, Louisiana, New Jersey, North Carolina)

• Paleocene of Denmark (3), Egypt (1), France (1), Poland (1), United States (18: Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas)

• Cretaceous of Poland (5)

Total: 104 collections including 115 occurrences

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