Scalptia scalariformis | |
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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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Synonyms[1] | |
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Scalptia scalariformis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cancellariidae, the nutmeg snails.[1]
S. scalariformis can be distinguished from S. harmulensis, a closely related species, by possessing a multispiral protoconch and fewer axial ribs.[2]
This species occurs in the Red Sea,[3] and in the Indian Ocean off Tanzania and Madagascar.