Scalptia hystrix

Scalptia hystrix
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Cancellarioidea
Family: Cancellariidae
Genus: Scalptia
Species: S. hystrix
Binomial name
Scalptia hystrix
(Reeve, 1856)
Synonyms[1]

Cancellaria hystrix Reeve, 1856
Scalptia macconkeyi Jousseaume, 1894

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

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Description

Distribution

References

  1. ^ a b Scalptia hystrix (Reeve, 1856).  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=464813 on 6 April 2010.