Scalptia scalariformis
Appearance
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Family: | Cancellariidae |
Genus: | Scalptia |
Species: | S. scalariformis
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Binomial name | |
Scalptia scalariformis (Lamarck, 1822b)
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Scalptia scalariformis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cancellariidae, the nutmeg snails.[1]
Description
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S. scalariformis can be distinguished from S. harmulensis, a closely related species, by possessing a multispiral protoconch and fewer axial ribs.[2]
Distribution
[edit]This species occurs in the Red Sea,[3] and in the Indian Ocean off Tanzania and Madagascar.
References
[edit]- ^ a b Scalptia scalariformis (Lamarck, 1822b). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 6 April 2010.
- ^ VERHECKEN, André; VAN LAETHEM, Kirsten (Summer 2019). "Two new species of Scalptia (Neogastropoda: Cancellarioidea: Cancellariidae) from the Indian Ocean". Gloria Maris. 54: 21–28.
- ^ Dekker, Henk; Orlin, Zvi (January 2000). "Natuurtijdschriften". Spirula (1): 3–46. Retrieved 18 August 2019.