Scalptia nassa

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

Scalptia nassa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:
Cancellarioidea
Family:
Cancellariidae
Genus:
Scalptia
Species:
S. nassa
Binomial name
Scalptia nassa
(Gmelin, 1791)
Synonyms[1]
  • Cancellaria lamellosa Hinds, 1843
  • Voluta nassa Gmelin, 1791 (basionym)

Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 12 mm and 22 mm.

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Indian Ocean along East Africa and in the Pacific Ocean along the Philippines.

References
  1. Scalptia nassa (Gmelin, 1791). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 21 June 2011.
  • MacNae, W. & M. Kalk (eds) (1958). A natural history of Inhaca Island, Mozambique. Witwatersrand Univ. Press, Johannesburg. I-iv, 163 pp.
  • Petit, R.E. & Harasewych, M.G. (2005) Catalogue of the superfamily Cancellarioidea Forbes and Hanley, 1851 (Gastropoda: Prosobranchia)- 2nd edition. Zootaxa, 1102, 3–161. NIZT 682
  • Hemmen J. (2007). Recent Cancellariidae. Wiesbaden, 428pp
  • Verhecken A. (2008) Cancellariidae (Neogastropoda: Cancellarioidea) from the Philippines: Description of new species, and a range extension. Visaya 2(3): 7-17. [Published August 2008] page(s): 8
  • "Scalptia nassa". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 21 June 2011.


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