Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Orthogastropoda > Subclass Heterobranchia > Infraclass Euthyneura > Subterclass Tectipleura > Order Cephalaspidea > Superfamily Philinoidea > Family Scaphandridae

Scaphander Montfort, 1810

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Meloscaphander*	Schepman, 1913	synonym

Children

Scaphander gracilis R. B. Watson, 1883
Scaphander imperceptus (Bouchet, 1975)
Scaphander lignarius (Linnaeus, 1758)
Scaphander nobilis A. E. Verrill, 1884
Scaphander punctostriatus (Mighels & C. B. Adams, 1842)

Literature

original description	Montfort P. [Denys de]. (1808-1810). Conchyliologie systématique et classification méthodique des coquilles. Paris: Schoell. Vol. 1: pp. lxxxvii + 409 [1808]. Vol. 2: pp. 676 + 16 [1810 (before 28 May)].
additional source	Eilertsen M.H. & Malaquias M.A. (2013) Systematic revision of the genus Scaphander (Gastropoda, Cephalaspidea) in the Atlantic Ocean, with a molecular phylogenetic hypothesis. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 167: 389–429.
additional source	Siegwald, J., Oskars, T. R., Kano, Y. & Malaquias, M. A. E. (2022). A global phylogeny of the deep-sea gastropod family Scaphandridae (Heterobranchia: Cephalaspidea): Redefinition and generic classification. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 169: 107415.
additional source	Siegwald, J. & Malaquias, M. A. E. (2024). Bringing light into deep-sea biodiversity: a systematic revision and molecular phylogeny of the genus Scaphander Montfort, 1810 (Gastropoda: Cephalaspidea), with a focus on the Indo-Pacific. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Scaphander Montfort, 1810. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137871