Biology:Nipponotrophon elegantissimus

Short description: Species of gastropod

Nipponotrophon elegantissimus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Muricoidea
Family:	Muricidae
Subfamily:	Trophoninae
Genus:	Nipponotrophon
Species:	N. elegantissimus
Binomial name
Nipponotrophon elegantissimus (Shikama, 1971)
Synonyms
Nipponotrophon elongatus (C.-H. Hu & X.-F. Lee, 1991) Trophon elongatus Hu & Lee, 1991 Trophonopsis (Austrotrophon) elegantissima Shikama, 1971

Nipponotrophon elegantissimus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.

References

• Hu C.H. [Chung Hung] & Lee X.F. [Xiu Fen]. (1991). Fossil molluscs from the Pliocene marls of Mt Maan, Henchun Peninsula]. Fauna of Taiwan mollusk fossils, 1(2): 67-174. National Museum of Natural Science, Taichung

Wikidata ☰ Q7039744 entry