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 lignarius (Linnaeus, 1758)

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 laevis*	Aradas & Maggiore, 1840	junior homonym
*Bulla lignaria*	Linnaeus, 1758	synonym
*Bulla zonata*	W. Turton, 1834	synonym
*Scaphander giganteus*	Risso, 1826	synonym
*Scaphander lignarius var. alba*	Jeffreys, 1867	synonym
*Scaphander lignarius var. britannica*	Monterosato, 1884	synonym
*Scaphander lignarius var. curta*	Jeffreys, 1867	synonym
*Scaphander lignarius var. minuscula*	Monterosato, 1884	synonym
*Scaphander lignarius var. parvulina*	Sacco, 1896	synonym
*Scaphander targionius*	Risso, 1826	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Dutch: bootschelp sources: Hayward, P.; Nelson-Smith, A.; Shields, C. (1999). Gids van kust en strand: flora en fauna [Coast and beach guide: flora and fauna]. Tirion: Baarn, Netherlands. ISBN 90-5210-327-5. 352, ill. pp.

English: woody canoe-bubble; woody canoe-bubblesnail sources: MarLIN. (2006). BIOTIC - Biological Traits Information Catalogue. Marine Life Information Network. Plymouth: Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom.;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.

French: oublie sources: Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp.

German: Holzboot; Taucherschnecke

Literature

basis of record	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	Rosenberg, G. 1992. Encyclopedia of Seashells. Dorset: New York. 224 pp.
additional source	Ceulemans, L.; Van Dingenen, F.; Landau B. M. (2018). The lower Pliocene gastropods of Le Pigeon Blanc (Loire-Atlantique, northwest France). Part 5 – Neogastropoda (Conoidea) and Heterobranchia (fine). Cainozoic Research. 18(2): 89-176.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Scaphander lignarius (Linnaeus, 1758). 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:139488