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 <small>Houart & Héros, 2016</small>
- Nipponotrophon echinus <small>(Dall, 1918)</small>
- Nipponotrophon elegantissimus <small>(Shikama, 1971)</small>
- Nipponotrophon exquisitus <small>Houart, Vermeij & Wiedrick, 2019</small>
- Nipponotrophon gorgon <small>(Dall, 1913)</small>
- Nipponotrophon magnificus <small>(Golikov & Sirenko, 1992)</small>
- Nipponotrophon makassarensis <small>Houart, 1984</small>
- Nipponotrophon pagodus <small>(Hayashi & Habe, 1965)</small>
- Nipponotrophon shingoi <small>(Tiba, 1981)</small>
Species brought into synonymy:
- Nipponotrophon bondarevi <small>Houart, 1995</small>: synonym of Scabrotrophon bondarevi <small>(Houart, 1995)</small> (original combination)
- Nipponotrophon elongatus <small>(Hu & Lee, 1991)</small>: synonym of Nipponotrophon elegantissimus <small>(Shikama, 1971)</small>
- Nipponotrophon jungi <small>K.-Y. Lai, 2008</small>: synonym of Scabrotrophon chunfui <small>Houart & Lan, 2001</small>
- Nipponotrophon regina <small>Houart, 1986</small>: synonym of Scabrotrophon regina <small>(Houart, 1986)</small> (original combination)
- Nipponotrophon scitulus <small>(Dall, 1891)</small>: synonym of Scabrotrophon scitulus <small>(Dall, 1891)</small>
- Nipponotrophon stuarti <small>(E. A. Smith, 1880)</small>: synonym of Scabrotrophon stuarti <small>(E. A. Smith, 1880)</small>
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 1âÂÂ121.