Scalptia costifera

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Scalptia costifera
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Volutoidea
Family: Cancellariidae
Genus: Scalptia
Species:
S. costifera
Binomial name
Scalptia costifera
(G.B. Sowerby I, 1832)
Synonyms [1]
  • Cancellaria constiferaG.B. Sowerby I, 1832 (Spelling variation)
  • Cancellaria costiferaG. B. Sowerby I, 1832
  • Trigonostoma costiferum(G. B. Sowerby I, 1832) ·

Scalptia costifera is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Cancellariidae, the nutmeg snails. [1]

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Description

Distribution

This species occurs in the Indian Ocean off Madagascar and Tanzania.

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References

  1. 1 2 MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Scalptia costifera (G. B. Sowerby I, 1832). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1597554 on 2022-10-13