Nipponaphera tuba

Nipponaphera tuba is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cancellariidae, the nutmeg snails.[2]

Nipponaphera tuba
Shell of Nipponaphera tuba (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:
N. tuba
Binomial name
Nipponaphera tuba
Bouchet & Petit, 2008[1]

Description

The length of the shell attains 20.7 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Vanuatu.

References
  1. Bouchet & Petit (2008). The Nautilus 122 (1) : 1–18. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 6 April 2010.
  2. Nipponaphera tuba Bouchet & Petit, 2008. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 6 April 2010.


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