Scalptia scalariformis

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Scalptia scalariformis
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Cancellariidae
Genus: Scalptia
Species:
S. scalariformis
Binomial name
Scalptia scalariformis
(Lamarck, 1822b)
Synonyms [1]
  • Cancellaria constiferaG. B. Sowerby I, 1832 (incorrect subsequent spelling)
  • Cancellaria costiferaG. B. Sowerby I, 1832
  • Cancellaria mangelioidesReeve, 1856
  • Cancellaria scalariformisLamarck, 1822 (original combination)
  • Trigonostoma costiferum(G. B. Sowerby I, 1832)

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

Description

S. scalariformis can be distinguished from S. harmulensis, a closely related species, by possessing a multispiral protoconch and fewer axial ribs. [2]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Red Sea, [3] and in the Indian Ocean off Tanzania and Madagascar.

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<i>Scalptia crenifera</i> Species of gastropod

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<i>Scalptia hystrix</i> Species of gastropod

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<i>Trigonostoma</i> Genus of gastropods

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References

  1. 1 2 Scalptia scalariformis (Lamarck, 1822b) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 6 April 2010.
  2. ↑ VERHECKEN, André; VAN LAETHEM, Kirsten (Summer 2019). "Two new species of Scalptia (Neogastropoda: Cancellarioidea: Cancellariidae) from the Indian Ocean". Gloria Maris. 54: 21–28.
  3. ↑ Dekker, Henk; Orlin, Zvi (January 2000). "Natuurtijdschriften". Spirula (1): 3–46. Retrieved 18 August 2019.


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