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Scaphella dohrni

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Species of gastropod

Scaphella dohrni
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Volutidae
Genus: Scaphella
Species: S. dohrni
Binomial name
Scaphella dohrni
(Sowerby III, 1903)
Synonyms
  • 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.

Description

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Distribution

This species occurs in the Gulf of Mexico and off Florida.

References

  1. ^ 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.
Taxon identifiers
Scaphella dohrni


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