Nipponaphera wallacei

Nipponaphera wallacei
Nipponaphera wallacei
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Cancellarioidea
Family: Cancellariidae
Genus: Nipponaphera
Species: N. wallacei
Binomial name
Nipponaphera wallacei
Petit & Harasewych, 2000[1]

Nipponaphera wallacei is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cancellariidae, the nutmeg snails.[2]

The specific name wallacei is in honor of Mr. Martin Wallace, who collected type specimens.[1]

Contents

Description

Distribution

South Africa[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c Petit R. E. & Harasewych M. G. (2000). "Additions to the Cancellariid (Mollusca: Neogastropoda) Fauna of South Africa". Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 113(1): 145-154. http://hdl.handle.net/10088/8310
  2. ^ Nipponaphera wallacei Petit & Harasewych, 2000.  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=458126 on 6 April 2010.

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