TYPE SPECIES. — Scalpellum pilsbryi Gruvel, 1911, by original designation.
REMARKS
This genus comprises species with 15 capitular plates. The capitulum is composed of two whorls of plates. The upper whorl is formed by five plates, namely a carina and a pair of scuta and terga. The lower whorl includes 10 plates, namely a rostrum and subcarina, a pair of rostrolatera, mediolatera and carinolatera, and two subrostra.