Scaphella macginnorum

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

Scaphella macginnorum
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. macginnorum
Binomial name
Scaphella macginnorum
Garcia & Emerson, 1987

Description

This large species attains a length of 270 mm.

Distribution

Caribbean Sea, on the continental shelf of Quintana Roo:
Campeche Bank, South-Eastern Mexico.

References
  1. Scaphella macginnorum Garcia & Emerson, 1987. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.


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