Scaevatula

Scaevatula is a genus of small predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Clavatulidae.^[1][2]

Scaevatula
Scaevatula pellisserpentis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Clavatulidae
Genus:	Scaevatula Gofas, 1990
Type species
Scaevatula pellisserpentis Gofas, 1990

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)