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.