Scalptia nassa
| Scalptia nassa | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Cancellariidae |
| Genus: | Scalptia |
| Species: | S. nassa |
| Binomial name | |
| Scalptia nassa (Gmelin, 1791) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Scalptia nassa is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cancellariidae, the nutmeg snails.[1]
Description
The dimension of the shell in the fully grown specimens differs significantly; it can be between **12 mm and 22 mm long**. This is the span of variation of shell dimension among the fully grown representatives of this species, where the minimum dimension equals 12 mm, and the maximum equals 22 mm.
Distribution
This species is distributed in the Indian Ocean along East Africa and in the Pacific Ocean along the Philippines.
References
- 1 2 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
External links
- "Scalptia nassa". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 21 June 2011.