Scaphites

noun

Sca·​phi·​tes

skəˈfīt(ˌ)ēz

: a genus (the type of the family Scaphitidae) comprising Cretaceous ammonoid cephalopods that have all the whorls coiled in an involute spiral except the last which is straight for a distance and then bent back toward the coiled part

scaphitoid

ˈskafəˌtȯid

adjective

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from scaph + -ites

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