Scalptia

Scalptia is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Cancellariidae, the nutmeg snails.[1]

Scalptia
Apertural view of shell of Scalptia scalarina (Lamarck, 1822)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Cancellarioidea
Family:	Cancellariidae
Genus:	Scalptia Jousseaume, 1887
Type species
Cancellaria obliquata Lamarck, 1822

Species

Species within the genus Scalptia include:

• Scalptia aliguayensis Verhecken, 2008[2]
• Scalptia androyensis Verhecken & Bozzetti, 2006[3]
• Scalptia articularis (G.B. Sowerby I, 1832b)[4]
• Scalptia articularoides Verhecken, 1995[5]
• Scalptia contabulata (G.B. Sowerby I, 1832b)[6]
• Scalptia crenifera (G.B. Sowerby I, 1832b)[7]
• Scalptia crispa (G.B. Sowerby I, 1832b)[8]
• Scalptia crispatoides Verhecken, 2008[9]
• Scalptia crossei (Semper, 1861)[10]
• Scalptia foveolata (G.B. Sowerby II, 1849a)[11]
• Scalptia hystrix (Reeve, 1856)[12]
• Scalptia laingensis Verhecken, 1989[13]
• Scalptia mercadoi Old, 1968[14]
• Scalptia nassa (Gmelin, 1791)[15]
• Scalptia obliquata (Lamarck, 1822)[16]
• Scalptia scalariformis (Lamarck, 1822b)[17]
• Scalptia scalarina (Lamarck, 1822b)[18]
• Scalptia scalata (Sowerby, 1832)[19]
• Scalptia textilis (Kiener, 1841)[20]
• Scalptia vangoethemi Verhecken, 1995[21]
• Scalptia verreauxii (Kiener, 1841)[22]
• Scalptia vinnulum (Iredale, 1925)

Species brought into synonymy

• Scalptia bicolor (Hinds, 1843):[23] synonym of Trigonostoma bicolor (Hinds, 1843)
• Scalptia macconkeyi Jousseaume, 1894 accepted as Scalptia hystrix (Reeve, 1856)
• Scalptia nodosivaricosa (Petush, 1979) accepted as Nipponaphera nodosivaricosa (Petuch, 1979)
• Scalptia scala (Gmelin, 1791):[24] synonym of Trigonostoma scala (Gmelin, 1791)

References

1. Scalptia Jousseaume, 1887. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 23 December 2012.
2. Scalptia aliguayensis Verhecken, 2008. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 13 April 2010.
3. Scalptia androyensis Verhecken & Bozzetti, 2006. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 13 April 2010.
4. Scalptia articularis (G.B. Sowerby I, 1832b). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 13 April 2010.
5. Scalptia articularoides Verhecken, 1995. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 13 April 2010.
6. Scalptia contabulata (G.B. Sowerby I, 1832b). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 13 April 2010.
7. Scalptia crenifera (G.B. Sowerby I, 1832b). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 13 April 2010.
8. Scalptia crispa (G.B. Sowerby I, 1832b). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 13 April 2010.
9. Scalptia crispatoides Verhecken, 2008. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 13 April 2010.
10. Scalptia crossei (Semper, 1861). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 13 April 2010.
11. Scalptia foveolata (G.B. Sowerby II, 1849a). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 13 April 2010.
12. Scalptia hystrix (Reeve, 1856). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 13 April 2010.
13. Scalptia laingensis Verhecken, 1989. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 13 April 2010.
14. Scalptia mercadoi Old, 1968. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 13 April 2010.
15. Scalptia nassa (Gmelin, 1791). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 13 April 2010.
16. Scalptia obliquata (Lamarck, 1822). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 13 April 2010.
17. Scalptia scalariformis (Lamarck, 1822b). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 13 April 2010.
18. Scalptia scalarina (Lamarck, 1822b). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 13 April 2010.
19. Scalptia scalata (Sowerby, 1832). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 13 April 2010.
20. Scalptia textilis (Kiener, 1841). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 13 April 2010.
21. Scalptia vangoethemi Verhecken, 1995. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 13 April 2010.
22. Scalptia verreauxii (Kiener, 1841). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 13 April 2010.
23. Scalptia bicolor (Hinds, 1843). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 13 April 2010.
24. Scalptia scala (Gmelin, 1791). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 13 April 2010.

External links

• 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