Nipponaphera agastor

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

Nipponaphera agastor
Shell of Nipponaphera agastor (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. agastor
Binomial name
Nipponaphera agastor
Bouchet & Petit, 2008[1]

Description

The length of the shell attains 19.3 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands.

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