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 Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Cancellariidae
Genus: Nipponaphera
Species:
N. kastoroae
Binomial name
Nipponaphera kastoroae
(Verhecken, 1997)
Synonyms[1]

Axelella kastoroae Verhecken, 1997

Distribution

edit

This marine species occurs off Indonesia.

References

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

Further reading

edit
  • 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.