Nipponotrophon elegantissimus

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Nipponotrophon elegantissimus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Muricidae
Genus: Nipponotrophon
Species:
N. elegantissimus
Binomial name
Nipponotrophon elegantissimus
(Shikama, 1971)
Synonyms[1]
  • Nipponotrophon elongatus (C.-H. Hu & X.-F. Lee, 1991)
  • Trophon elongatus Hu & Lee, 1991
  • Trophonopsis (Austrotrophon) elegantissima Shikama, 1971

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

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References[edit]

  • Hu C.H. [Chung Hung] & Lee X.F. [Xiu Fen]. (1991). Fossil molluscs from the Pliocene marls of Mt Maan, Henchun Peninsula]. Fauna of Taiwan mollusk fossils, 1(2): 67-174. National Museum of Natural Science, Taichung