Muricidae
Nipponotrophon echinus (Dall, 1918)
[Kongoh tsuno ori ire]
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Description
White, light brown or orange with translucent shoulder spines and lamellar axial ribs.
Resembles Nipponotrophon gorgon, but having one of
spiral rib between shoulder and suture.
Locality
Off Taiwan.
Japan: Off Tosa Bay,
Sagami Bay in 250-300m, Mouth of Tokyo Bay in 250-300m,
Off Choshi.
Original articles of scientific name
1918 Boreotrophon echinus Dall, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 54(2234), p.232.
Original of Japanese name
1950 Tokubei Kuroda.
Remarks
The orange color of this shell fades slowly. My specimen turned a pale brown
over the course of about ten years.