Scalptia textilis

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

Scalptia textilis
Shell of Scalptia textilis (syntype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Cancellariidae
Genus: Scalptia
Species:
S. textilis
Binomial name
Scalptia textilis
(Kiener, 1841)
Synonyms[1]

Cancellaria textilis Kiener, 1841

Description

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Moluccas, Indonesia.

References
  1. Scalptia textilis (Kiener, 1841). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 6 April 2010.
  • Hemmen, J. (2007). Recent Cancellariidae. Annotated and illustrated catalogue of Recent Cancellariidae. Privately published, Wiesbaden. 428 pp.
  • Verhecken A. (2008). Cancellariidae. Pp. 816–825, in G.T. Poppe (ed.), Philippine marine mollusks, volume 2. Hackenheim: CoonchBooks


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