- Source: Nipponaphera cyphoma
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.
References
Bouchet P. & Petit R.E. (2008). New species and new records of southwest Pacific Cancellariidae. The Nautilus 122(1): 1-18.
