Muricidae
Nipponotrophon shingoi (Chiba, 1981)
[Shingo nunome tsuno oriire]
Description
White or light brown, sometimes with brown band under the suture and on the body whorl.
Translucent lamellar axial ribs and spiral cords formed reticulations.
Locality
Japan: Off Kii Peninsula in 300m,
Kumanonada in 400-500m,
Sagami Bay in 300m, Mouth of Tokyo Bay in 250-300m.
Original articles of scientific name
1981 Trophonopsis shingoi Chiba, Bulletin of the Institute of Malacology,
Tokyo 1(7): 105-106, pl. 34.
Original of Japanese name
1981 Ranji Chiba.
Remarks
Nipponotrophon shingoi is found in the same region as N. echinus,
but N. shingoi is rarer.
