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Scalptia aliguayensis

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Scalptia aliguayensis
Shell of Scalptia aliguayensis (paratype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Cancellariidae
Genus: Scalptia
Species:
S. aliguayensis
Binomial name
Scalptia aliguayensis
Verhecken, 2008[1]

Scalptia aliguayensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cancellariidae, the nutmeg snails.[2]

Description

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Distribution

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This marine species occurs off the Philippines.

References

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  • Verhecken A. (2008) Cancellariidae (Neogastropoda: Cancellarioidea) from the Philippines: Description of new species, and a range extension. Visaya 2(3): 7-17.
  • Verhecken A. (2008). Cancellariidae. Pp. 816-825, in G.T. Poppe (ed.), Philippine marine mollusks, volume 2. Hackenheim: CoonchBooks.