WoRMS taxon details
Scalptia hystrix (Reeve, 1856)
464813 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:464813)
accepted
Species
Cancellaria hystrix Reeve, 1856 · unaccepted (original combination)
Scalptia macconkeyi Jousseaume, 1894 · unaccepted
marine
(of Cancellaria hystrix Reeve, 1856) Reeve, L. A. (1856). Monograph of the genus <i>Cancellaria</i>. In: <i>Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals</i>, vol. 10, pl. 1-18 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London. [stated dates: pl. 2-14, November 1856; pl. 1, 15-18, December 1856]. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9127214 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Scalptia hystrix (Reeve, 1856). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=464813 on 2026-09-28
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Scalptia macconkeyi Jousseaume, 1894) Jousseaume, F. (1894). Description de coquilles nouvelles. <em>Le Naturaliste.</em> (2)8: 201., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41982854
page(s): 201. [details]
original description (of Cancellaria hystrix Reeve, 1856) Reeve, L. A. (1856). Monograph of the genus <i>Cancellaria</i>. In: <i>Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals</i>, vol. 10, pl. 1-18 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London. [stated dates: pl. 2-14, November 1856; pl. 1, 15-18, December 1856]. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9127214 [details]
basis of record Hemmen, J. (2007). <i>Recent Cancellariidae. Annotated and illustrated catalogue of Recent Cancellariidae</i>. Privately published, Wiesbaden. 428 pp. [With amendments and corrections taken from Petit R.E. (2012) A critique of, and errata for, <i>Recent Cancellariidae</i> by Jens Hemmen, 2007. <i>Conchologia Ingrata</i> 9: 1-8]. [details]
page(s): 201. [details]
original description (of Cancellaria hystrix Reeve, 1856) Reeve, L. A. (1856). Monograph of the genus <i>Cancellaria</i>. In: <i>Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals</i>, vol. 10, pl. 1-18 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London. [stated dates: pl. 2-14, November 1856; pl. 1, 15-18, December 1856]. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9127214 [details]
basis of record Hemmen, J. (2007). <i>Recent Cancellariidae. Annotated and illustrated catalogue of Recent Cancellariidae</i>. Privately published, Wiesbaden. 428 pp. [With amendments and corrections taken from Petit R.E. (2012) A critique of, and errata for, <i>Recent Cancellariidae</i> by Jens Hemmen, 2007. <i>Conchologia Ingrata</i> 9: 1-8]. [details]
Other
additional source
Verhecken, A. (1986). Red Sea malacology II. A revision of the Cancellariidae (Neogastropoda, Cancellariacea) of the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden. <em>Gloria Maris.</em> 25(4): 133-153., available online at https://images-general.conchology.be/images/gloriamaris/pdfs/1986/Vol25-4.pdf
page(s): 140, figs 10-14, 28 [details]
page(s): 140, figs 10-14, 28 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications) (from synonym Cancellaria hystrix Reeve, 1856)
To Malacopics (Scalptia hystrix (Reeve, 1856) Egypt, Al Bahr al Ahmar, Hurghada)
To NHMUK collection (Cancellaria hystrix Reeve, 1856; LECTOTYPE; NHMUK:ecatalogue:2385397) (from synonym Cancellaria hystrix Reeve, 1856)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications) (from synonym Cancellaria hystrix Reeve, 1856)
To Malacopics (Scalptia hystrix (Reeve, 1856) Egypt, Al Bahr al Ahmar, Hurghada)
To NHMUK collection (Cancellaria hystrix Reeve, 1856; LECTOTYPE; NHMUK:ecatalogue:2385397) (from synonym Cancellaria hystrix Reeve, 1856)
