Nipponaphera kastoroae

Nipponaphera kastoroae is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cancellariidae, the nutmeg snails.[1]

Nipponaphera kastoroae
Shell of Nipponaphera kastoroae (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:
Cancellarioidea
Family:
Cancellariidae
Genus:
Nipponaphera
Species:
A. kastoroae
Binomial name
Nipponaphera kastoroae
(Verhecken, 1997)
Synonyms[1]

Axelella kastoroae Verhecken, 1997

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Indonesia.

References
  1. Nipponaphera kastoroae(Verhecken, 1997). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 28 October 2010.

Further reading
  • Verhecken, A. (1997). Mollusca, Gastropoda: Arafura Sea Cancellariidae collected during the KARUBAR Cruise. in: Crosnier, A. et al. (Ed.) Résultats des Campagnes MUSORSTOM 16. Campagne Franco-Indonésienne KARUBAR. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle. Série A, Zoologie. 172: 295-324.
  • Bouchet P. & Petit R. E. (2008). "New species and new records of southwest Pacific Cancellariidae". The Nautilus 122(1): 1-18.


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