Nipponaphera agastor

Nipponaphera agastor
Shell of Nipponaphera agastor (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Cancellariidae
Genus:	Nipponaphera
Species:	N. agastor
Binomial name
Nipponaphera agastor Bouchet & Petit, 2008[1]

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

Description

The length of the shell attains 19.3 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands.

References

1. Bouchet & Petit (2008). The Nautilus 122 (1) : 1–18. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 6 April 2010.
2. Nipponaphera agastor Bouchet & Petit, 2008. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 6 April 2010.

• Bouchet P. & Petit R.E. (2008). New species and new records of southwest Pacific Cancellariidae. The Nautilus 122(1): 1-18.