Scalptia hystrix (Reeve 1856)

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

Description

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Gulf of Aden.

References

• Jousseaume, F., 1894. Description d'une espèce nouvelle. Le Naturaliste 8 n°179: 186, sér. 2
• Hemmen, J. (2007). Recent Cancellariidae. Annotated and illustrated catalogue of Recent Cancellariidae. Privately published, Wiesbaden. 428 pp.