Scalptia scalariformis

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

Scalptia scalariformis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Cancellariidae
Genus:	Scalptia
Species:	S. scalariformis
Binomial name
Scalptia scalariformis (Lamarck, 1822b)
Synonyms[1]
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)

Description

S. scalariformis can be distinguished from S. harmulensis, a closely related species, by possessing a multispiral protoconch and fewer axial ribs.^[2]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Red Sea,^[3] and in the Indian Ocean off Tanzania and Madagascar.