Nipponaphera
Encyclopedia
Nipponaphera is a genus
of sea snail
s, marine gastropod mollusks in the family
Cancellariidae
, the nutmeg snails.
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of sea snail
Sea snail
Sea snail is a common name for those snails that normally live in saltwater, marine gastropod molluscs....
s, marine gastropod mollusks in the family
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
Cancellariidae
Cancellariidae
Cancellariidae, common name the nutmeg snails or nutmeg shells, are a family of small to medium-large sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the clade Neogastropoda...
, the nutmeg snails.
Species
Species within the genus Nipponaphera include:- Nipponaphera agastorNipponaphera agastorNipponaphera agastor is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cancellariidae, the nutmeg snails....
Bouchet & Petit, 2008 - Nipponaphera argoNipponaphera argoNipponaphera argo is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cancellariidae, the nutmeg snails....
Bouchet & Petit, 2008 - Nipponaphera cyphomaNipponaphera cyphomaNipponaphera cyphoma is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cancellariidae, the nutmeg snails....
Bouchet & Petit, 2002 - Nipponaphera goniataNipponaphera goniataNipponaphera goniata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cancellariidae, the nutmeg snails....
Bouchet & Petit, 2002 - Nipponaphera habeiNipponaphera habeiNipponaphera habei is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cancellariidae, the nutmeg snails....
Petit, 1972 - Nipponaphera iwaotakiiNipponaphera iwaotakiiNipponaphera iwaotakii is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cancellariidae, the nutmeg snails....
Habe, 1961 - Nipponaphera kastoroae (Verhecken, 1997)
- Nipponaphera nodosivaricosaNipponaphera nodosivaricosaNipponaphera nodosivaricosa is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cancellariidae, the nutmeg snails....
(Petuch, 1979) - Nipponaphera pardalisNipponaphera pardalisNipponaphera pardalis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cancellariidae, the nutmeg snails....
Bouchet & Petit, 2002 - Nipponaphera paucicostataNipponaphera paucicostataNipponaphera paucicostata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cancellariidae, the nutmeg snails....
(G.B. Sowerby III, 1894) - Nipponaphera quasilla (Petit, 1987)
- Nipponaphera semipellucida (A. Adams & Reeve, 1850)
- Nipponaphera suduirauti (Verhecken, 1999)
- Nipponaphera teramachiiNipponaphera teramachiiNipponaphera teramachii is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cancellariidae, the nutmeg snails....
(Habe, 1961a) - Nipponaphera tubaNipponaphera tubaNipponaphera tuba is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cancellariidae, the nutmeg snails....
Bouchet & Petit, 2008 - Nipponaphera wallaceiNipponaphera wallaceiNipponaphera wallacei is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cancellariidae, the nutmeg snails.The specific name wallacei is in honor of Mr. Martin Wallace, who collected type specimens....
Petit & Harasewych, 2000