Gastropoda - Opisthobranchiata - Scaphandridae
Alternative spelling: Scaphanderidae
Parent taxon: Philinoidea according to P. Bouchet et al. 2017
See also Addicott 1970, Beesley 1998, Grant, IV and Gale 1931, Harris and Palmer 1947, Hickman 1980, Martin 1904, Sohl 1964, Sohl 1964 and Turner 1938
Sister taxa: Aglajidae, Cylichnidae, Gastropteridae, Philinidae, Philinoglossidae, Retusidae
Subtaxa: Ellipsoscapha Micromelo Mnestia
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of United States (1: Hawaii collection)
• Oligocene of Belgium (2), France (17), United States (3: Washington)
• Eocene of Belgium (2), United States (40: Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina, Texas)
• Paleocene of Greenland (3), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (1), United States (3: Alaska, Texas)
• Cretaceous of United States (77: Alabama, California, Delaware, Georgia, Maryland, Mississippi, Montana, New Jersey, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Wyoming)
Total: 149 collections including 166 occurrences