Nipponaphera cyphoma
Nipponaphera cyphoma is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cancellariidae, the nutmeg snails.[2]
| Nipponaphera cyphoma | |
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| Shell of Nipponaphera cyphoma (holotype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Cancellariidae |
| Genus: | Nipponaphera |
| Species: | N. cyphoma |
| Binomial name | |
| Nipponaphera cyphoma Bouchet & Petit, 2002[1] | |
Description
The length of the shell attains 12.9 mm.
Distribution
This marine species occurs off New Caledonia.
References
- Bouchet & Petit. 2002. Nautilus 116 (3): 95–104. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 6 April 2010.
- Nipponaphera cyphoma Bouchet & Petit, 2002. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 6 April 2010.
- 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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