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Eoscaphella

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Volutidae

Species
E. ellioti, E. fordycei (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1992Eoscaphella Stilwell and Zinsmeister p. 142

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
RankNameAuthor
Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorderLatrogastropodaRiedel 2000
orderNeogastropodaThiele 1929
superfamilyMuricoideade Costa 1776
familyVolutidaeRafinesque 1815
subfamilyScaphellinaeAdams and Adams 1858
genusEoscaphella

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. †Eoscaphella Stilwell and Zinsmeister 1992
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Eoscaphella ellioti Stilwell and Zinsmeister 1992
Eoscaphella fordycei Stilwell and Zinsmeister 1992
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
J. D. Stilwell and W. J. Zinsmeister 1992Shell medium to large, moderately solid, fusiform; spire moderately high; protoconch smooth, papilliformi, of three whorls, apex without a calcarella; ornamentation om body whorl of long, widely spaced axial ribs, projecting strongly at periphery, subcentrally fading along anterior slope; spiral sculpture obsolete; aperture, elongate, narrow; siphonal notch wide; two to three strong columellar folds; fasciole strong.