Nipponotrophon makassarensis

Nipponotrophon makassarensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]

Nipponotrophon makassarensis
Shell of Nipponotrophon makassarensis (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:
Muricoidea
Family:
Muricidae
Subfamily:
Trophoninae
Genus:
Nipponotrophon
Species:
N. makassarensis
Binomial name
Nipponotrophon makassarensis
Houart, 1985

Description

The length of the shell attains 37.5 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Indonesia.

References
  1. Nipponotrophon makassarensis Houart, 1984. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.
  • Houart, R., 1985. Nipponotrophon makassarensis, a new recently dredged Muricidae species of strange generic affinities (Gastropoda: Muricidae). Marine Research in Indonesia 24("1984"): 83-87
  • Houart, R., 1986. - Mollusca Gastropoda: Noteworthy Muricidae from the Pacific Ocean, with description of seven new species. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle 133(A)("1985"): 427-455
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