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Enigmaticolus nipponensis

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Enigmaticolus nipponensis
Shell of Enigmaticolus nipponensis (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Eosiphonidae
Genus: Enigmaticolus
Species:
E. nipponensis
Binomial name
Enigmaticolus nipponensis
Fraussen, 2008[1]
Synonyms
  • Enigmaticolus inflatus S.-Q. Zhang, S.-P. Zhang & H. Chen, 2020
  • Enigmaticolus monnieri Fraussen, 2008
  • Eosipho desbruyeresi nipponensis Okutani & Fujiwara, 2000 (basionym)

Enigmaticolus nipponensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Eosiphonidae, the true whelks and their allies.[2]

Description

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The length of the shell attains 63.7 mm.

Distribution

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This marine species occurs off Madagascar and in the Okinawa Trough

References

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  1. ^ Fraussen (2008). Gloria Maris 46 (4–5) : 74–82. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 17 April 2010.
  2. ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Enigmaticolus nipponensis (Okutani & Fujiwara, 2000). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1471616 on 2022-09-27
  • Fraussen K. 2008. Enigmaticolus, a new genus of deep water buccinids (Gastropoda: Buccinidae) with description of a new species from Madagascar. Gloria Maris, 46(4-5): 74-82
  • Okutani T. & Fujiwara Y. (2000). Gastropod fauna of a thermal vent site on the North Knoll of Iheya Ridge, Okinawa Trough. Venus 59(2) : 123-128
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