Scaphella dohrni

Scaphella dohrni
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Volutidae
Genus:	Scaphella
Species:	S. dohrni
Binomial name
	Scaphella dohrni; (Sowerby III, 1903)
Synonyms
	Aurinia bermudeziClench & Aguayo, 1940; Scaphella (Scaphella) dohrni(G.B. Sowerby III, 1903); Voluta dohrniG.B. Sowerby III, 1903 (basionym);

Last updated October 06, 2025

Scaphella dohrni, commonly known as the Dohrn's volute is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Volutidae, the volutes.^[1]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Gulf of Mexico and off Florida.

References

1 2 Scaphella dohrni (Sowerby III, 1903) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 30 July 2012.

Bail, P & Poppe, G. T. 2001. A conchological iconography: a taxonomic introduction of the recent Volutidae. Hackenheim-Conchbook, 30 pp, 5 pl.
Rosenberg, G., F. Moretzsohn, and E. F. García. 2009. Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, pp. 579–699 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.

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[WoRMS-1] 1 2 Scaphella dohrni (Sowerby III, 1903) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 30 July 2012.

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