Scalptia hystrix
Shell of Scalptia hystrix (specimen 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. hystrix
Binomial name
Scalptia hystrix
(Reeve, 1856)
Synonyms[1]
  • Cancellaria hystrix Reeve, 1856
  • Scalptia macconkeyi Jousseaume, 1894

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

Description

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Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Gulf of Aden.

References

  1. ^ a b Scalptia hystrix (Reeve, 1856). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 6 April 2010.

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