Scaphander

Scaphander is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Scaphandridae, the canoe bubbles.[1]

Scaphander
Three preserved specimens of Scaphander lignarius, from left to right, the anterior, anterior, and posterior ends are at the top of the image
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia
clade Euopisthobranchia
clade Cephalaspidea
Superfamily:
?
Family:
Scaphandridae
Genus:
Scaphander

Montfort, 1810
Type species
Bulla lignaria
Species

See text

Synonyms
  • Assula Schumacher, 1817
  • Bucconia Dall, 1890
  • Bullocardia F. Nordsieck, 1972
  • Eoscaphander Habe, 1952
  • Nipponoscaphander Kuroda & Habe, in Kuroda, Habe & Oyama, 1971
  • Tricla Philippson, 1788 (Invalid: Placed on the Official Index by ICZN Opinion 287)

Species

Species within the genus Scaphander include:

  • Scaphander alatus: synonym of Scaphander mundus Watson, 1883
  • Scaphander andamanicus
  • Scaphander bathymophila Dall, 1881
  • Scaphander darius Marcus & Marcus, 1967
  • Scaphander duseni
  • Scaphander edwardsii
  • Scaphander elegans
  • Scaphander fortisi
  • Scaphander fragilis (Habe, 1952)
  • Scaphander gracilis Watson, 1886
  • Scaphander grateloupi
  • Scaphander ickei
  • Scaphander illecebrosus Iredale, 1925
  • Scaphander impunctatus
  • Scaphander japonicus Adams, 1862
  • Scaphander jugularis (Conrad, 1855)
  • Scaphander langdoni
  • Scaphander lignarius (Linnaeus, 1767)
  • Scaphander lignarius lignarius (Linnaeus, 1758) - wood-grained canoe bubble
  • Scaphander mundus Watson, 1883 [2]
  • Scaphander nobilis Verrill, 1884
  • Scaphander otagoensis Dell, 1956
  • Scaphander parisiensis
  • Scaphander pilsbryi McGinty, 1955
  • Scaphander primus
  • Scaphander punctostriatus (Mighels & C. B. Adams, 1842) - giant canoe-bubble
  • Scaphander punnetostriatus
  • Scaphander sibogae Schepman, 1913
  • Scaphander subglobosus Schepman, 1913
  • Scaphander watsoni Dall, 1881
  • Scaphander watsoni rehderi
  • Scaphander willetti Dall, 1919

References
  1. WoRMS : Scaphander accessed : 13 October 2010]
  2. P. Bouchet, Opisthobranches de profondeur de l'Océan Atlantique: I - Cephalaspidea
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  • Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
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