Scaphella dubia

Scaphella dubia
	A shell of Scaphella dubia kieneri Clench, 1946 Keiner’s Volute
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda; clade Hypsogastropoda; clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Muricoidea
Family:	Volutidae
Genus:	Scaphella
Species:	S. dubia
Binomial name
	Scaphella dubia; (Broderip, 1827)
Synonyms[1]
	Voluta dubia Broderip, 1827; Fulgoraria dubia (Broderip, 1827); Aurinia dubia (Broderip, 1827); Scapha dubia (Broderip, 1827); Fusus tessellatus auct. non Schubert & Wagner, 1829; Aurinia schmitti Bartsch, 1931; Rehderia schmitti (Bartsch, 1931); Rehderia georgiana Clench, 1946; Aurinia georgiana (Clench, 1946); Scaphella kieneri Clench, 1946; Auriniopsis kieneri (Clench, 1946); Aurinia kieneri (Clench, 1946); Aurinia ethelae Pilsbry & Olsson, 1953;

Scaphella dubia, common name the dubious volute, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Volutidae, the volutes.

References

"Scaphella dubia (Broderip, 1827)". Malacolog Version 4.1.1. A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca. Accessed 18 February 2010.

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