Nipponotrophon Explained

Nipponotrophon is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Trophoninae of the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.

Species

Species within the genus Nipponotrophon include:

• Nipponotrophon barbarae Houart & Héros, 2016
• Nipponotrophon echinus (Dall, 1918)
• Nipponotrophon elegantissimus (Shikama, 1971)
• Nipponotrophon exquisitus Houart, Vermeij & Wiedrick, 2019
• Nipponotrophon gorgon (Dall, 1913)
• Nipponotrophon magnificus (Golikov & Sirenko, 1992)
• Nipponotrophon makassarensis Houart, 1984
• Nipponotrophon pagodus (Hayashi & Habe, 1965)
• Nipponotrophon shingoi (Tiba, 1981)

Species brought into synonymy:

• Nipponotrophon bondarevi Houart, 1995: synonym of Scabrotrophon bondarevi (Houart, 1995) (original combination)
• Nipponotrophon elongatus (Hu & Lee, 1991): synonym of Nipponotrophon elegantissimus (Shikama, 1971)
• Nipponotrophon jungi K.-Y. Lai, 2008: synonym of Scabrotrophon chunfui Houart & Lan, 2001
• Nipponotrophon regina Houart, 1986: synonym of Scabrotrophon regina (Houart, 1986) (original combination)
• Nipponotrophon scitulus (Dall, 1891): synonym of Scabrotrophon scitulus (Dall, 1891)
• Nipponotrophon stuarti (E. A. Smith, 1880): synonym of Scabrotrophon stuarti (E. A. Smith, 1880)

References

• Kuroda, T.; Habe, T.; Oyama, K. (1971). The sea shells of Sagami Bay. Maruzen Co., Tokyo. xix, 1-741 (Japanese text), 1-489 (English text), 1-51 (Index), pls 1–121.