Trigonostoma scalare | |
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Apertural view of shell of Trigonostoma scalare | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Family: | Cancellariidae |
Genus: | Trigonostoma |
Species: | T. scalare |
Binomial name | |
Trigonostoma scalare (Gmelin, 1791) |
Trigonostoma scalare is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Cancellariidae, the nutmeg snails. [1]
This species attains around a size of 30 mm and large specimens can reach 45 mm.
They have a spiral shaped shell with colours from white to orange.
Sometimes taken in tangle nets, at Bohol
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Shallow to moderate depths in the Philippines, Sri Lanka, Northern Australia, and the Indo-West Pacific. [2]