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

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

Description

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Distribution

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This marine species occurs off the Gulf of Aden.

References

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  1. ^ 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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