Scalptia scalariformis

Scalptia scalariformis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Cancellariidae
Genus:	Scalptia
Species:	S. scalariformis
Binomial name
	Scalptia scalariformis; (Lamarck, 1822b)
Synonyms
	Cancellaria constifera G. B. Sowerby I, 1832 (incorrect subsequent spelling); Cancellaria costifera G. B. Sowerby I, 1832; Cancellaria mangelioides Reeve, 1856; Cancellaria scalariformis Lamarck, 1822 (original combination); Trigonostoma costiferum (G. B. Sowerby I, 1832);

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

^ ^a ^b 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" (PDF). Gloria Maris. 54: 21–28.
^ "Natuurtijdschriften". natuurtijdschriften.nl. Retrieved 18 August 2019.

Hemmen J. (2007) Recent Cancellariidae. Annotated and illustrated catalogue of Recent Cancellariidae. Privately published, Wiesbaden. 428 pp. (With amendments and corrections taken from Petit R.E. (2012) A critique of, and errata for, Recent Cancellariidae by Jens Hemmen, 2007. Conchologia Ingrata 9: 1–8.)

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[WoRMS-1] Scalptia scalariformis (Lamarck, 1822b). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 6 April 2010.

[2] VERHECKEN, André; VAN LAETHEM, Kirsten (Summer 2019). "Two new species of Scalptia (Neogastropoda: Cancellarioidea: Cancellariidae) from the Indian Ocean" (PDF). Gloria Maris. 54: 21–28.

[3] "Natuurtijdschriften". natuurtijdschriften.nl. Retrieved 18 August 2019.

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