Scalptia scalariformis
{{Short description|Species of gastropod}}
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| taxon = Scalptia scalariformis
| authority = (Lamarck, 1822b)
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- 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)
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Scalptia scalariformis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cancellariidae, the nutmeg snails.{{WRMS species|464817|Scalptia scalariformis (Lamarck, 1822b)||6 April 2010}}
Description
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S. scalariformis can be distinguished from S. harmulensis, a closely related species, by possessing a multispiral protoconch and fewer axial ribs.{{Cite journal|last1=VERHECKEN|first1=André|last2=VAN LAETHEM|first2=Kirsten|date=Summer 2019|title=Two new species of Scalptia (Neogastropoda: Cancellarioidea: Cancellariidae) from the Indian Ocean|journal=Gloria Maris|volume=54|pages=21–28}}
Distribution
This species occurs in the Red Sea,{{Cite journal|url=http://natuurtijdschriften.nl/search?identifier=595533|title=Natuurtijdschriften|journal=Spirula|date=January 2000 |issue=1 |pages=3–46 |access-date=2019-08-18 |last1=Dekker |first1=Henk |last2=Orlin |first2=Zvi }} and in the Indian Ocean off Tanzania and Madagascar.
References
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- [https://web.archive.org/web/20120831144310/http://conchologia.com/publication_pdf/13.pdf 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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Category:Gastropods described in 1822
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