Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Full reference: L.B. Kellum. 1926. Paleontology and Stratigraphy of the Castle Hayne and Trent Marls in North Carolina. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper (143)1-56
Belongs to Scaphella according to A. J. W. Hendy et al. 2008
See also Kellum 1926 and Richards 1943
Sister taxa: Scaphella (Clenchina), Scaphella (Scaphella), Scaphella aegyptiaca, Scaphella americana, Scaphella costaricana, Scaphella floridana, Scaphella junonia, Scaphella solitaria, Scaphella trenholmii, Scaphella virginiana
Type specimen: Its type locality is USGS 10655 (John Gilette Farm), Silverdale, Trent marl, Onslow Co., NC, which is in a Miocene marine marl/sandstone in the Trent Formation of North Carolina
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of United States (1: North Carolina collection)
• Oligocene of United States (1: North Carolina)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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