Scaphella junonia

Min Depth

0 meters

Max Depth

200 meters

Overall Geographic Range

North Carolina to Campeche Bank

Habitat-Biology

benthic
carnivore (includes scavengers)
soft substrate (muds, sands, clays)
marine

References

Bayer, F. M. 1971. Biological results of the University of Miami Deep-Sea Expeditions. 79. New and unusual mollusks collected by R/V John Elliott Pillsbury and R/V Gerda in the tropical Western Atlantic. Bulletin of Marine Science 21(1): 111–236.
Clench, W. J. 1953b. The genera Scaphella and Aurinopsis in the Western Atlantic. Johnsonia 2(32): 376–380.
Perry, L. M., and J. S. Schwengel. 1955. Marine shells of the western coast of Florida. Paleontological Research Institution, Ithaca, New York. 318, frontispiece.
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 junonia: S. junonia butleri Clench, 1953 (type locality: Bay of Campeche) and S. junonia johnstoneae Clench 1953 (type locality: off Petit Bois Island, Alabama) are synonyms; see Weaver and duPont (1970). Listed in the original Bulletin 89 (Rehder 1954) as S. junonia Shaw (in error, author is Lamarck).

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, 05-06-2024.

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