There are both living and fossil species in this genus, which first appeared in the
Paleocene.[2] The fusiform, patterned shell is small to large. The
protoconch is smooth and papilliform, often with a calcarella. The
columellar plates are weak or absent. The
periostracum is present, but an
operculum is not. The
radula is small, and variable from Y-shaped to tricuspid.[1]
(Described as Aurinia) The shell is ovately fusiform. The
spire has a mamillated apex. The
whorls are transversely finely striated and longitudinally subplicate. The folds of the
columella are obsolete. The outer
lip is thin and simple.[3]
Scaphella victoriensis Cossmann, 1899 †: synonym of Notopeplum politum (Tate, 1889) † (unnecessary replacement name for Voluta polita Tate, 1889, erroneously stated by Cossmann to be a junior homonym of "Voluta polita" Conrad)
There are both living and fossil species in this genus, which first appeared in the
Paleocene.[2] The fusiform, patterned shell is small to large. The
protoconch is smooth and papilliform, often with a calcarella. The
columellar plates are weak or absent. The
periostracum is present, but an
operculum is not. The
radula is small, and variable from Y-shaped to tricuspid.[1]
(Described as Aurinia) The shell is ovately fusiform. The
spire has a mamillated apex. The
whorls are transversely finely striated and longitudinally subplicate. The folds of the
columella are obsolete. The outer
lip is thin and simple.[3]
Scaphella victoriensis Cossmann, 1899 †: synonym of Notopeplum politum (Tate, 1889) † (unnecessary replacement name for Voluta polita Tate, 1889, erroneously stated by Cossmann to be a junior homonym of "Voluta polita" Conrad)