Species Scalptia scalariformis (Lamarck, 1822)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Cancellaria scalariformis Lamarck, J.B.P.A. de M. 1822. Histoire naturelle des Animaux sans Vertèbres. Paris : J.B. Lamarck Vol. 7 711 pp. [113].

  Type data:

   Holotype MHNG 1097/86, La mare des Indies.
• Cancellaria costifera Sowerby, G.B. (1st) 1832. Cancellaria. pp. 1-10, figs 1-35 in Sowerby, G.B. (2nd) (ed). The Conchological Illustrations or coloured figures of all the hitherto unfigured recent shells. London : Sowerby Vol. 9-12. [fig. 31].
• Cancellaria nitida Reeve, L.A. 1856. Monograph of the genus Cancellaria. pls 1-18 in Reeve, L.A. (ed). Conchologia Iconica. London : L. Reeve Vol. 10. [pl. 17, figs 78a-b].
• Cancellaria mangelioides Reeve, L.A. 1856. Monograph of the genus Cancellaria. pls 1-18 in Reeve, L.A. (ed). Conchologia Iconica. London : L. Reeve Vol. 10. [pl. 15, figs 69a-b].
• Cancellaria bocageana Crosse, H. & Debeaux, O. 1863. Diagnoses d'espèces nouvelles du nord de la Chine. Journal de Conchyliologie 11: 77-78 [77].

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Garrard, T.A. 1975. A revision of Australian Cancellariidae (Gastropoda: Mollusca). Records of the Australian Museum 30: 1-62 [27]

 

Generic Combinations

• Scalptia scalariformis (Lamarck, 1822). —
  Hemmen, J. 2007. Recent Cancellariidae. Wiesbaden pp. 1-428. [277-278]
• Trigonostoma scalariformis (Lamarck, 1822). —
  Wilson, B. 1994. Australian marine shells. Prosobranch gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp. [178, pl. 37, figs 7a-b]

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Indo-west Pacific

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Continental shelf, marine, muddy sand, subtidal.

Extra Ecological Information

10-50 m

 

General References

Garrard, T.A. 1975. A revision of Australian Cancellariidae (Gastropoda: Mollusca). Records of the Australian Museum 30: 1-62 [27]

Hedley, C. 1918. A checklist of the marine fauna of New South Wales. Part 1. Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales 51: M1–M120 [M17]

Hemmen, J. 2007. Recent Cancellariidae. Wiesbaden pp. 1-428. [277-278]

Melvill, J.C. & Standen, R. 1901. The Mollusca of the Persian Gulf, Gulf of Oman, and the Arabian Sea, as evidenced mainly through the collections of Mr. F.W. Townsend, 1893-1900; with descriptions of new species. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1901(ii): 327-460 pls xxi-xxiv [451]

Odhner, N.H. 1919. Contribution à la faune malacologique de Madagascar. Arkiv för Zoologi 12(6): 1-52 [Date published 29 Dec 1919] [38]

Petit, R.E. & Harasewych, M.G. 2005. Catalogue of the superfamily Cancellarioidea Forbes and Hanley, 1851 (Gastropoda: Prosobranchia) — 2nd edition. Zootaxa 1102: 1-161 [92]

Springsteen, F.J. & Leobrera, F.M. 1986. Shells of the Philippines. Manila : Carfel Seashell Museum 377 pp., 100 pls. [76]

Wilson, B. 1994. Australian marine shells. Prosobranch gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp. [178, pl. 37, figs 7a-b]

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
01-Jun-2021	CANCELLARIOIDEA	25-Jan-2012	MOVED
01-Jun-2021		12-Jan-2012	MODIFIED
		01-Dec-2011	MODIFIED