Nipponaphera

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Nipponaphera
Nipponaphera pardalis (MNHN-IM-2000-2143).jpeg
Shell of Nipponaphera pardalis (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Cancellarioidea
Family: Cancellariidae
Genus: Nipponaphera
Habe, 1961
Type species
Nipponaphera habei Petit, 1972

Nipponaphera is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Cancellariidae, the nutmeg snails.[1]

Species[]

Species within the genus Nipponaphera include:

References[]

  • Habe T. (1961). Coloured illustrations of the shells of Japan (II). Hoikusha, Osaka. xii + 183 + 42 pp., 66 pls.
  • Hemmen J. (2007). Recent Cancellariidae Annotated and illustrated catalogue of Recent Cancellariidae. Privately published, Wiesbaden. 428 pp.

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