Nipponaphera quasilla

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

Nipponaphera quasilla
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:
Cancellarioidea
Family:
Cancellariidae
Subfamily:
Cancellariinae
Genus:
Nipponaphera
Species:
N. quasilla
Binomial name
Nipponaphera quasilla
(Petit, 1987)
Synonyms[1]
  • Cancellaria cretacea E.A. Smith, 1899 (non Nyst, 1881)
  • Cancellaria quasilla Petit, 1987

Description

The shell size is 25 mm

Distribution

This species is distributed along Somalia; Southern India and Southern Burma

References
  1. Nipponaphera quasilla (Petit, 1987). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 31 October 2010.
  • Bouchet P. & Petit R.E. (2008). New species and new records of southwest Pacific Cancellariidae. The Nautilus 122(1): 1–18.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.