Nquma scalpta

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Nquma scalpta
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Horaiclavidae
Genus: Nquma
Species:
N. scalpta
Binomial name
Nquma scalpta
Kilburn, 1988

Nquma scalpta is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Horaiclavidae.[1]

Description[edit]

The length of the shell varies between 10 mm and 15 mm.

Distribution[edit]

This marine species occurs off East London, South Africa, and off Mozambique.

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Nquma scalpta Kilburn, 1988. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 4 April 2010.
  • Steyn, D.G. & Lussi, M. (1998) Marine Shells of South Africa. An Illustrated Collector’s Guide to Beached Shells. Ekogilde Publishers, Hartebeespoort, South Africa, ii + 264 pp. page(s): 154

External links[edit]

  • Kilburn, R. N. "Turridae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of southern Africa and Mozambique. Part 4. Subfamilies Drilliinae, Crassispirinae and Strictispirinae." Annals of the Natal Museum 29.1 (1988): 167–320.
  • Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1–1295.
  • "Nquma scalpta". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.