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Nipponotrophon

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Nipponotrophon
Shell of Nipponotrophon makassarensis (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Muricidae
Subfamily: Trophoninae
Genus: Nipponotrophon
Kuroda & Habe, 1971
Type species
Boreotrophon echinus Dall, 1918

Nipponotrophon is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Trophoninae of the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]

Species

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Species within the genus Nipponotrophon include:

Species brought into synonymy

References

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  • Kuroda, T.; Habe, T.; Oyama, K. (1971). The sea shells of Sagami Bay. Maruzen Co., Tokyo. xix, 1-741 (Japanese text), 1-489 (English text), 1-51 (Index), pls 1–121.