Scaphander

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
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Infraclass: Euthyneura
Superfamily: Philinoidea
Family: Scaphandridae
Genus: Scaphander
Linnaeus, 1758
Type species
Bulla lignaria Linnaeus, 1758
Synonyms
  • Assula Schumacher, 1817
  • Brocktonia Iredale, 1915 (junior subjective synonym)
  • Bucconia Dall, 1890
  • Bulla (Bullocardia) F. Nordsieck, 1972
  • Bulla (Scaphander) Montfort, 1810 (superseded combination)
  • Gioenia Bruguière, 1789 unavailable name (suppressed by ICZN Opinion 287)
  • Meloscaphander Schepman, 1913 ·
  • Scaphander (Bucconia) Dall, 1890
  • Scaphander (Sabatina) Dall, 1908
  • Tricla Philippson, 1788 (Invalid: Placed on the Official Index by ICZN Opinion 287)

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

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