Nipponaphera kastoroae
Appearance
(Redirected from Axelella kastoroae)
Nipponaphera kastoroae | |
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Shell of Nipponaphera kastoroae (holotype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Family: | Cancellariidae |
Genus: | Nipponaphera |
Species: | N. kastoroae
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Binomial name | |
Nipponaphera kastoroae (Verhecken, 1997)
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Synonyms[1] | |
Axelella kastoroae Verhecken, 1997 |
Nipponaphera kastoroae is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cancellariidae, the nutmeg snails.[1]
Distribution
[edit]This marine species occurs off Indonesia.
References
[edit]- ^ a b Nipponaphera kastoroae(Verhecken, 1997). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 28 October 2010.
Further reading
[edit]- Verhecken, A. (1997). Mollusca, Gastropoda: Arafura Sea Cancellariidae collected during the KARUBAR Cruise. in: Crosnier, A. et al. (Ed.) Résultats des Campagnes MUSORSTOM 16. Campagne Franco-Indonésienne KARUBAR. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle. Série A, Zoologie. 172: 295-324.
- Bouchet P. & Petit R. E. (2008). "New species and new records of southwest Pacific Cancellariidae". The Nautilus 122(1): 1-18.