Nipponotrophon elegantissimus

Nipponotrophon elegantissimus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Muricidae
Genus:	Nipponotrophon
Species:	N. elegantissimus
Binomial name
	Nipponotrophon elegantissimus; (Shikama, 1971)
Synonyms
	Nipponotrophon elongatus(C.-H. Hu & X.-F. Lee, 1991); Trophon elongatusHu & Lee, 1991; Trophonopsis (Austrotrophon) elegantissimaShikama, 1971;

Last updated October 04, 2025

Nipponotrophon elegantissimus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.^[1]

References

1 2 Nipponotrophon elegantissimus (Shikama, 1971) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.

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

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[WoRMS-1] 1 2 Nipponotrophon elegantissimus (Shikama, 1971) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.

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