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Nipponaphera argo

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Nipponaphera argo
Shell of Nipponaphera argo (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Cancellariidae
Genus: Nipponaphera
Species:
N. argo
Binomial name
Nipponaphera argo
Bouchet & Petit, 2008[1]

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

Description

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The length of the shell attains 8.6 mm

Distribution

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This species occurs in the Coral Sea.

References

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  • Bouchet P. & Petit R.E. (2008). New species and new records of southwest Pacific Cancellariidae. The Nautilus 122(1): 1-18.