Nipponaphera wallacei

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

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]

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

Description

Distribution

South Africa[1]

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References
  1. 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. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 6 April 2010.


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