Nipponaphera quasilla is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cancellariidae, the nutmeg snails.[1]

Nipponaphera quasilla
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Cancellariidae
Genus: Nipponaphera
Species:
N. quasilla
Binomial name
Nipponaphera quasilla
(Petit, 1987)
Synonyms[1]
  • Cancellaria cretacea E.A. Smith, 1899 (non Nyst, 1881)
  • Cancellaria quasilla Petit, 1987

Description

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The shell size is 25 mm

Distribution

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This species is distributed along Somalia; Southern India and Southern Burma

References

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  1. ^ a b Nipponaphera quasilla (Petit, 1987). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 31 October 2010.
  • Bouchet P. & Petit R.E. (2008). New species and new records of southwest Pacific Cancellariidae. The Nautilus 122(1): 1–18.