| Scaevatula | |
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| Scaevatula pellisserpentis | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Clavatulidae |
| Genus: | Scaevatula Gofas, 1990 |
| Type species | |
| Scaevatula pellisserpentis Gofas, 1990
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Scaevatula is a genus of small predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Clavatulidae.12
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:
- Scaevatula amancioi Rolan & Fernandes, 1992
- Scaevatula pellisserpentis Gofas, 1990
- † Scaevatula sidoniae (Hoernes & Auinger, 1891)
References
References
- 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
- 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.
- Bonfitto, A., and M. Morassi. "A new sinistral turriform gastropod (Conoidea: Mangeliidae) from Taiwan." Zootaxa 3415.1 (2012): 63-68
- Gofas, S. (1990) Scaevatula n. gen., a sinistral clavatuline turrid from West Africa. Archiv für Molluskenkunde, 120, 11–22