Scalptia scalariformis

Scalptia scalariformis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Cancellarioidea
Family: Cancellariidae
Genus: Scalptia
Species: S. scalariformis
Binomial name
Scalptia scalariformis
(Lamarck, 1822b)
Synonyms[1]
  • Cancellaria constifera G. B. Sowerby I, 1832 (incorrect subsequent spelling)
  • Cancellaria costifera G. B. Sowerby I, 1832
  • Cancellaria mangelioides Reeve, 1856
  • Cancellaria scalariformis Lamarck, 1822 (original combination)
  • Trigonostoma costiferum (G. B. Sowerby I, 1832)

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

Distribution

This species occurs in the Indian Ocean off Tanzania and Madagascar.

References

  1. 1 2 Scalptia scalariformis (Lamarck, 1822b).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 6 April 2010.


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