Scaphella dohrni
| Scaphella dohrni | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Muricoidea |
| Family: | Volutidae |
| Subfamily: | Scaphellinae |
| Genus: | Scaphella |
| Subgenus: | Scaphella |
| Species: | S. dohrni |
| Binomial name | |
| Scaphella dohrni (Sowerby III, 1903) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Scaphella dohrni, commonly known as the Dohrn's volute is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Volutidae, the volutes.[1]
Distribution
This species occurs in the Gulf of Mexico and off Florida.
References
- 1 2 Scaphella dohrni (Sowerby III, 1903). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 30 July 2012.
- Bail, P & Poppe, G. T. 2001. A conchological iconography: a taxonomic introduction of the recent Volutidae. Hackenheim-Conchbook, 30 pp, 5 pl.
- Rosenberg, G., F. Moretzsohn, and E. F. García. 2009. Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.
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