Euroscaphella nov. gen. (Gastropoda: Volutidae) in the Neogene of Europe, with the description of a new species: Euroscaphella namnetensis nov. sp. from the Mio-Pliocene transition of northwestern France

The genus ‘Scaphella’ as used until now is polyphyletic, and Euroscaphella nov. gen. is proposed for the European species, and also for the Paleocene and Eocene New World and Australian species, pending further review. Euroscaphella namnetensis nov. sp. is described from the latest Miocene-early Pliocene ‘cool’ Redonian of department Loire-Atlantique in northwestern France and Euroscaphella cf. miocenica (Fischer & Tournouër, 1879) is reported from the chronologically slightly younger late Tortonian to early Messinian ‘warm Redonian’ of Maine-et-Loire, northwestern France.