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

Scalptia costifera
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Volutoidea
Family: Cancellariidae
Genus: Scalptia
Species:
S. costifera
Binomial name
Scalptia costifera
(G.B. Sowerby I, 1832)
Synonyms[1]
  • Cancellaria constifera G.B. Sowerby I, 1832 (Spelling variation)
  • Cancellaria costifera G. B. Sowerby I, 1832
  • Trigonostoma costiferum (G. B. Sowerby I, 1832) ·

Description

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Distribution

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This species occurs in the Indian Ocean off Madagascar and Tanzania.

References

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  1. ^ a b MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Scalptia costifera (G. B. Sowerby I, 1832). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1597554 on 2022-10-13
  • Dautzenberg, Ph. (1929). Contribution à l'étude de la faune de Madagascar: Mollusca marina testacea. Faune des colonies françaises, III(fasc. 4). Société d'Editions géographiques, maritimes et coloniales: Paris. 321–636, plates IV-VII pp.
  • Hemmen J. (2007). Recent Cancellariidae. Wiesbaden, 428pp.
  • Petit R.E. (2009) George Brettingham Sowerby, I, II & III: their conchological publications and molluscan taxa. Zootaxa 2189: 1–218.
  • Patterson Edward, J. K.; Ravinesh, R. & Biju Kumar, A. (2022). Molluscs of the Gulf of Mannar, India and adjacent waters: A fully illustrated guide. Suganthi Devadason Marien Research Institute & Department of Aquatic Biology and Fisheries, University of Kerala. Tuticorin. i-xx, 1-524.
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