Scaevatula

Scaevatula
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Clade: 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 Clavatula aralica (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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