Scalptia nassa
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Cancellariidae
Genus:	Scalptia
Species:	S. nassa
Binomial name
Scalptia nassa (Gmelin, 1791)
Synonyms[1]
Cancellaria lamellosa Hinds, 1843 Voluta nassa Gmelin, 1791 (basionym)

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

Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 12 mm and 22 mm.

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Indian Ocean along East Africa and in the Pacific Ocean along the Philippines.