Nipponotrophon makassarensis

Nipponotrophon makassarensis
Shell of Nipponotrophon makassarensis (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Muricidae
Genus:	Nipponotrophon
Species:	N. makassarensis
Binomial name
Nipponotrophon makassarensis Houart, 1985

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

Description

The length of the shell attains 37.5 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Indonesia.

References

1. Nipponotrophon makassarensis Houart, 1984 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 24 April 2010.

• Houart, R., 1985. Nipponotrophon makassarensis, a new recently dredged Muricidae species of strange generic affinities (Gastropoda: Muricidae). Marine Research in Indonesia 24("1984"): 83-87
• Houart, R., 1986. - Mollusca Gastropoda: Noteworthy Muricidae from the Pacific Ocean, with description of seven new species. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle 133(A)("1985"): 427-455