Scaphella contoyensis

Scaphella contoyensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Volutidae, the volutes.[1]

Scaphella contoyensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:
Muricoidea
Family:
Volutidae
Subfamily:
Scaphellinae
Genus:
Scaphella
Subgenus:
Scaphella
Species:
S. contoyensis
Binomial name
Scaphella contoyensis
Emerson & W. E. Old jr., 1979

Description

Distribution

Gulf of Mexico, Yucatán area.

References
  1. Scaphella contoyensis Emerson & W. E. Old jr., 1979. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.


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