Scalptia hystrix
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| Shell of Scalptia hystrix (specimen at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Cancellariidae |
| Genus: | Scalptia |
| Species: | S. hystrix
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| Binomial name | |
| Scalptia hystrix (Reeve, 1856)
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Scalptia hystrix is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cancellariidae, the nutmeg snails.[1]
Description
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Distribution
[edit]This marine species occurs off the Gulf of Aden.
References
[edit]- ^ a b Scalptia hystrix (Reeve, 1856). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 6 April 2010.
- 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
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