Scalptia textilis

Scalptia textilis
Shell of Scalptia textilis (syntype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Cancellariidae
Genus:	Scalptia
Species:	S. textilis
Binomial name
Scalptia textilis (Kiener, 1841)
Synonyms [1]
Cancellaria textilisKiener, 1841

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

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Moluccas, Indonesia.

References

1. Scalptia textilis (Kiener, 1841) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 6 April 2010.

• Hemmen, J. (2007). Recent Cancellariidae. Annotated and illustrated catalogue of Recent Cancellariidae. Privately published, Wiesbaden. 428 pp.
• Verhecken A. (2008). Cancellariidae. Pp. 816–825, in G.T. Poppe (ed.), Philippine marine mollusks, volume 2. Hackenheim: CoonchBooks