Nipponotrophon elegantissimus

Nipponotrophon elegantissimus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]

Nipponotrophon elegantissimus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:
Muricoidea
Family:
Muricidae
Subfamily:
Trophoninae
Genus:
Nipponotrophon
Species:
N. elegantissimus
Binomial name
Nipponotrophon elegantissimus
(Shikama, 1971)
Synonyms[1]

Trophon elongatus Hu & Lee, 1991
Trophonopsis (Austrotrophon) elegantissima Shikama, 1971

References
  1. Nipponotrophon elegantissimus (Shikama, 1971). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.


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