Trigonostoma scala

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

Trigonostoma scala
Shell of Trigonostoma scala (neotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Cancellariidae
Genus:	Trigonostoma
Species:	T. scala
Binomial name
Trigonostoma scala (Gmelin, 1791)
Synonyms[1]
Cancellaria costata Sowerby, 1832 (non Sowerby, 1822) Cancellaria rigida G.B. Sowerby I, 1832 Murex scala Gmelin, 1791 Scalptia scala (Gmelin, 1791) Trigonaphera withrowi Petit, 1976

Description

The length of the shell attains 32.5 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Senegal.