Trigonostoma scalare

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Trigonostoma scalare
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Apertural view of shell of Trigonostoma scalare
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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]

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Description

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

Distribution

Shallow to moderate depths in the Philippines, Sri Lanka, Northern Australia, and the Indo-West Pacific. [2]

References

  1. Trigonostoma scalare (Gmelin, 1791) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 8 September 2010.
  2. "The Chong Chen Archives | ConchologyCANCELLARIIDAE TRIGONOSTOMA SCALARE". conchology.be. Retrieved 7 October 2025.