Scaevatula

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Scaevatula
Scaevatula pellisserpentis (MNHN-IM-2000-3170).jpeg
Scaevatula pellisserpentis
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Clavatulidae
Genus: Scaevatula
Gofas, 1990
Type species
Scaevatula pellisserpentis
Gofas, 1990

Scaevatula is a genus of small predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Clavatulidae.[1][2]

Most gastropod species, and especially the marine species, have a dextral shell. The genus Scaevatula represents an exception to this rule, as the species are sinister. Within the family Clavatulidae, the extinct species (Luković, 1924) is the only other exception.[3]

Species[]

Species within the genus Scaevatula include:

References[]

  1. ^ Bouchet, P. (2011). Scaevatula Gofas, 1990. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=405088 on 2011-08-27
  2. ^ P. Bouchet; Yu. I. Kantor; A. Sysoev & N. Puillandre (2011). "A new operational classification of the Conoidea (Gastropoda)". Journal of Molluscan Studies. 77 (3): 273–308. doi:10.1093/mollus/eyr017.
  3. ^ Bonfitto, A., and M. Morassi. "A new sinistral turriform gastropod (Conoidea: Mangeliidae) from Taiwan." Zootaxa 3415.1 (2012): 63-68


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