Malacology
Malacology is the study of mollusks. This includes animals like octopus, snails, slugs, and clams. It is the second largest phylum of animals, making them one of the most successful groups on the planet. There are over 80,000 described species of mollusks with many more left to be discovered. Mullusca is composed of 8 recognized classes including Cephalopoda, Gastropoda, Polyplacophora, Scaphapoda, Monoplacophorans, the Aplacophorans, Caudofoveata and Solenogastres, and Bivalvia.
Dubious Volute
(Broderip, 1827)
Scaphella dubia
Class:
Gastropoda
Order:
Neogastropoda
Family:
Volutidae
Image Voucher:
ANSP 196814
Shell Information
Length (mm): 63-197
Dextral
Chirality:
The dunious volute has a tell slender shell typically with 5 whorls. The spire has a rounded apex. The shell has axial folds that become less apparent on the body whorl. The shell is a yellowish tan color with spiral lines of brown squares. The brown markings are less abundant than on other shells like dorn's volute.
Description:
Ecological Information
Distribution:
Depth (m):
Florida to Texas and Verecruz
55 to 402 meters
Diet:
Carnivore
Habitat:
Marine
Misc. Facts
Citations
MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase.�Scaphella dubia�(Broderip, 1827). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=719754 on 2022-02-13
Rosenberg, G. 2009. Malacolog 4.1.1: A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca. [WWW database (version 4.1.1)] URL http://www.malacolog.org/
Morris, P. A. (1987). A field guide to shells: Atlantic and Gulf coasts and the West Indies (3rd ed.). Houghton Mifflin.