Nquma scalpta is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Horaiclavidae.[1]
| Nquma scalpta | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Horaiclavidae |
| Genus: | Nquma |
| Species: | N. scalpta
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| Binomial name | |
| Nquma scalpta Kilburn, 1988
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Description
editThe length of the shell varies between 10 mm and 15 mm.
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Distribution
editThis marine species occurs off East London, South Africa, and off Mozambique.
References
edit- ^ 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.