NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Genus

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met
Global Species Completeness: partial
Latest Record Review: 1999

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Family - Volutidae
  Order - Neogastropoda
  Subclass - Prosobranchia
  Class - Gastropoda
  Phylum - Mollusca
  Superphylum - Lophozoa
  Infrakingdom - Protostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Species - Scaphella junonia
      Species - Scaphella dubia
      Species - Scaphella gouldiana
      Species - Scaphella piratica
      Species - Scaphella aguayoi
      Species - Scaphella torrei
      Species - Scaphella evelina
      Species - Scaphella dohrni