Nipponotrophon
Sign in to saveNipponotrophon is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Trophoninae of the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.
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GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumMollusca
- ClassGastropoda
- OrderNeogastropoda
- FamilyMuricidae
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- Specimen records
- 8
- Family
- Muricidae
- Collections
- UCMP, USNM, CASG
- Recorded in
- Japan, United States
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- Parent taxon
- Muricidae
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- Naturalis Biodiversity Center - RMNH.MOL.130492 - Nipponotrophon stuarti (Smith, 1880) - Muricidae - Mollusc shell.jpeg
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Nipponotrophon is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Trophoninae of the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.
==Species== Species within the genus Nipponotrophon include: Nipponotrophon barbarae Houart & Héros, 2016 Nipponotrophon echinus (Dall, 1918) Nipponotrophon elegantissimus (Shikama, 1971) Nipponotrophon exquisitus Houart, Vermeij & Wiedrick, 2019 Nipponotrophon gorgon (Dall, 1913) Nipponotrophon magnificus (Golikov & Sirenko, 1992) Nipponotrophon makassarensis Houart, 1984 Nipponotrophon pagodus (Hayashi & Habe, 1965) Nipponotrophon shingoi (Tiba, 1981) Species brought into synonymy: Nipponotrophon bondarevi Houart, 1995: synonym of Scabrotrophon bondarevi (Houart, 1995) (original combination) Nipponotrophon elongatus (Hu & Lee, 1991): synonym of Nipponotrophon elegantissimus (Shikama, 1971) Nipponotrophon jungi K.-Y. Lai, 2008: synonym of Scabrotrophon chunfui Houart & Lan, 2001 Nipponotrophon regina Houart, 1986: synonym of Scabrotrophon regina (Houart, 1986) (original combination) Nipponotrophon scitulus (Dall, 1891): synonym of Scabrotrophon scitulus (Dall, 1891) Nipponotrophon stuarti (E. A. Smith, 1880): synonym of Scabrotrophon stuarti (E. A. Smith, 1880)
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