Nipponaphera tuba
Appearance
Nipponaphera tuba | |
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Shell of Nipponaphera tuba (holotype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Family: | Cancellariidae |
Genus: | Nipponaphera |
Species: | N. tuba
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Binomial name | |
Nipponaphera tuba Bouchet & Petit, 2008[1]
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Nipponaphera tuba is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cancellariidae, the nutmeg snails.[2]
Description
[edit]The length of the shell attains 20.7 mm.
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Distribution
[edit]This marine species occurs off Vanuatu.
References
[edit]- ^ Bouchet & Petit (2008). The Nautilus 122 (1) : 1–18. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 6 April 2010.
- ^ Nipponaphera tuba Bouchet & Petit, 2008. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 6 April 2010.