Nipponaphera kastoroae is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cancellariidae, the nutmeg snails.[1]
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| Shell of Nipponaphera kastoroae (holotype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Cancellariidae |
| Genus: | Nipponaphera |
| Species: | N. kastoroae
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| Nipponaphera kastoroae (Verhecken, 1997)
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Axelella kastoroae Verhecken, 1997 | |
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.
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