Nipponaphera goniata

Nipponaphera goniata
Shell of Nipponaphera goniata (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Cancellariidae
Genus:	Nipponaphera
Species:	N. goniata
Binomial name
Nipponaphera goniata Bouchet & Petit, 2002[1]

Nipponaphera goniata 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 16.1 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off New Caledonia.

References

1. Bouchet & Petit. 2002. Nautilus 116 (3): 95–104. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 6 April 2010.
2. Nipponaphera goniata Bouchet & Petit, 2002. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 6 April 2010.

External links

• Bouchet P. & Petit R.E. (2002). New species of deep-water Cancellariidae (Gastropoda) from the southwestern Pacific. The Nautilus 116(3): 95-104.