Nipponaphera cyphoma explained

Nipponaphera cyphoma is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cancellariidae, the nutmeg snails.

Description

The length of the shell attains 12.9 mm.

Its shell is a rounded spiral shape with lengthwise brown barring alternating with white ridges. The lower brown gradients to a black-grey with tones of brown as the shell tapers to a point.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off New Caledonia. It is a deep-water Cancellariidae from the southwestern Pacific Ocean. [1]

References

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Molluscabase - Nipponaphera cyphoma Bouchet & Petit, 2002 . 2023-12-21 . molluscabase.org.