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]
  • Aurinia bermudezi Clench & Aguayo, 1940
  • Scaphella (Scaphella) dohrni (G.B. Sowerby III, 1903)
  • Voluta dohrni G.B. Sowerby III, 1903 (basionym)

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


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