Biology:Scalptia hystrix

Short description: Species of gastropod

Scalptia hystrix
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
Binomial name
Scalptia hystrix (Reeve, 1856)
Synonyms
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.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Gulf of Aden.

References

• 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.

External links

• Reeve, L. A. (1856). Monograph of the genus Cancellaria. In: Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals, vol. 10, pl. 1-18 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London

Wikidata ☰ Q7429833 entry