Biology:Scalptia scalariformis
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Short description: Species of gastropod
| Scalptia scalariformis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Cancellariidae |
| Genus: | Scalptia |
| Species: | S. scalariformis
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| Binomial name | |
| Scalptia scalariformis (Lamarck, 1822b)
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Scalptia scalariformis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cancellariidae, the nutmeg snails.[1]
Description
S. scalariformis can be distinguished from S. harmulensis, a closely related species, by possessing a multispiral protoconch and fewer axial ribs.[2]
Distribution
This species occurs in the Red Sea,[3] and in the Indian Ocean off Tanzania and Madagascar .
References
- ↑ Jump up to: 1.0 1.1 Scalptia scalariformis (Lamarck, 1822b). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 6 April 2010.
- ↑ VERHECKEN, André; VAN LAETHEM, Kirsten (Summer 2019). "Two new species of Scalptia (Neogastropoda: Cancellarioidea: Cancellariidae) from the Indian Ocean". Gloria Maris 54: 21–28. https://s3.amazonaws.com/academia.edu.documents/38010478/Scalptia_2015.pdf?response-content-disposition=inline%3B%20filename%3DTwo_new_species_of_Scalptia_Neogastropod.pdf&X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&X-Amz-Credential=AKIAIWOWYYGZ2Y53UL3A%2F20190818%2Fus-east-1%2Fs3%2Faws4_request&X-Amz-Date=20190818T142953Z&X-Amz-Expires=3600&X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&X-Amz-Signature=e8f88ab36b1e59785aa0a626d9d64c834e17128a34273513bea491486e9194ad.
- ↑ "Natuurtijdschriften". http://natuurtijdschriften.nl/search?identifier=595533.
Wikidata ☰ Q3539154 entry
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