Scalptia nassa

Scalptia nassa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Cancellarioidea
Family: Cancellariidae
Genus: Scalptia
Species: S. nassa
Binomial name
Scalptia nassa
(Gmelin, 1791)
Synonyms[1]
  • Cancellaria lamellosa Hinds, 1843
  • Voluta nassa Gmelin, 1791 (basionym)

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

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Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 12 mm and 22 mm.

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Indian Ocean along East Africa and in the Pacific Ocean along the Philippines.

References

  1. ^ a b Scalptia nassa (Gmelin, 1791).  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=464816 on 21 June 2011.

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