| Scaphella | |
|---|---|
| A shell of Scaphella junonia | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Muricoidea |
| Family: | Volutidae |
| Genus: | Scaphella Swainson, 1832[1] |
Scaphella is a genus of large sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Volutidae, the volutes. This is a tropical genus which occurs in the Western Atlantic Ocean.
There are both living and fossil species in this genus, which first appeared in the Paleocene. [1]
Species within the genus Scaphella include:[2]