Scalptia hystrix is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cancellariidae, the nutmeg snails.[1]
Scalptia hystrix | |
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Shell of Scalptia hystrix (specimen at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Family: | Cancellariidae |
Genus: | Scalptia |
Species: | S. hystrix
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Binomial name | |
Scalptia hystrix (Reeve, 1856)
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Synonyms[1] | |
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Description
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Distribution
editThis marine species occurs off the Gulf of Aden.
References
edit- ^ a b Scalptia hystrix (Reeve, 1856). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 6 April 2010.
- Jousseaume, F., 1894. Description d'une espèce nouvelle. Le Naturaliste 8 n°179: 186, sér. 2
- Hemmen, J. (2007). Recent Cancellariidae. Annotated and illustrated catalogue of Recent Cancellariidae. Privately published, Wiesbaden. 428 pp.
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