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Trigonostoma scala

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Species of gastropod

Trigonostoma scala
Shell of Trigonostoma scala (neotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Cancellariidae
Genus: Trigonostoma
Species: T. scala
Binomial name
Trigonostoma scala
(Gmelin, 1791)
Synonyms
  • 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

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

Description

The length of the shell attains 32.5 mm.

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Distribution

This marine species occurs off Senegal.

References

  1. ^ Trigonostoma scala (Gmelin, 1791). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 23 December 2012.
  • Petit R.E. (1976). Notes on Cancellariidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) - III. Tulane Studies in Geology and Paleontology. 12(1-2): 33–43.
  • Bernard, P.A. (Ed.) (1984). Coquillages du Gabon . Pierre A. Bernard: Libreville, Gabon. 140, 75 plates pp.
  • Gofas, S.; Afonso, J.P.; Brandào, M. (Ed.). (S.a.). Conchas e Moluscos de Angola = Coquillages et Mollusques d'Angola. . Universidade Agostinho / Elf Aquitaine Angola: Angola. 140 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
  • Petit R.E. (2009) George Brettingham Sowerby, I, II & III: their conchological publications and molluscan taxa. Zootaxa 2189: 1–218.

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Taxon identifiers
Trigonostoma scala


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