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

Scaphander punctostriatus (Mighels & C. B. Adams, 1842)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Scaphander*	Montfort, 1810	accepted genus name
*Meloscaphander*	Schepman, 1913	synonym

Species group names

*Bulla punctostriata*	Mighels & C. B. Adams, 1842	synonym
*Cryptaxis crebripunctatus*	Jeffreys, 1883	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: giant canoe-bubblesnail sources: Cole, T. C. H. (2017). Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English. 2017. Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp.

German: Große Taucherschnecke; Großes Holzboot

Literature

basis of record	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	Barnard K.H. (1963). Contributions to the knowledge of South African marine Mollusca. Part IV. Gastropoda: Prosobranchiata: Rhipidoglossa, Docoglossa. Tectibranchiata. Polyplacophora. Solenogastres. Scaphopoda. Annals of the South African Museum, 47(2): 201–360.
additional source	Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213.
additional source	Lemche H. (1948). Northern and arctic tectibranch Gastropods. Det Kongelige Danske Videnskabernes Selskab, Biologiske Skrifter. 5 (3): 1-136

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Scaphander punctostriatus (Mighels & C. B. Adams, 1842). 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:139490