Nipponotrophon makassarensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]
| Nipponotrophon makassarensis | |
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| Shell of Nipponotrophon makassarensis (holotype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Muricidae |
| Genus: | Nipponotrophon |
| Species: | N. makassarensis
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| Nipponotrophon makassarensis Houart, 1985
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Description edit
The length of the shell attains 37.5 mm.
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Distribution edit
This marine species occurs off Indonesia.
References edit
- ^ Nipponotrophon makassarensis Houart, 1984. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.
- Houart, R., 1985. Nipponotrophon makassarensis, a new recently dredged Muricidae species of strange generic affinities (Gastropoda: Muricidae). Marine Research in Indonesia 24("1984"): 83-87
- Houart, R., 1986. - Mollusca Gastropoda: Noteworthy Muricidae from the Pacific Ocean, with description of seven new species. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle 133(A)("1985"): 427-455
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