Scaphella dubia

Author
(Broderip, 1827) 
Common Names
  • Dubious Volute

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Min Depth
55 meters
Max Depth
402 meters
Overall Geographic Range
North Carolina to Tabasco
Habitat-Biology
  • benthic
  • carnivore (includes scavengers)
  • soft substrate (muds, sands, clays)
References

  • Clench, W. J. 1953b. The genera Scaphella and Aurinopsis in the Western Atlantic. Johnsonia 2(32): 376–380.

  • Odé, H. 1973b. A survey of the molluscan fauna of the northwest Gulf of Mexico-preliminary report (continued). Texas Conchologist 9(3): 60–72.

  • Pilsbry, H. A., and A. A. Olsson. 1953. Materials for a revision of east coast and Floridan volutes. The Nautilus 67(1): 1–13, pls. 1–3.

  • Poppe, G. T., and Y. Goto. 1992. Volutes. L'Informatore Piceno, Ancona, Italy. 348 pp.

  • Springer, S., and H. R. Bullis, Jr. 1956. Collections by the Oregon in the Gulf of Mexico. Special Scientific Report--Fisheries 196: ii + 134 pp.

Endnotes

  • Scaphella dubia: Aurinia schmitti Bartsch, 1931 (type locality: south of Dry Tortugas), A. kieneri (Clench, 1946), and A. kieneri ethelae Pilsbry and Olsson, 1953 (type locality: off South Pass, Mississippi River) are synonyms; see Weaver and duPont (1970).

Species Notes

None noted.

Source

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.

GulfBase Citation

Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies. 2016. GulfBase: Resource Database for Gulf of Mexico Research, Education, and Management. Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi. World Wide Web electronic publication. http://www.gulfbase.org, 04-25-2024.

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