Shokupanus pepperellae

“Pepperella’s Japanese sandwich bread”
Kingdom
Microsynthera
Phylum
Plasticae
Class
Occlupanida
Order
Orthogonidectes
Family
Angulognathidae
Genus
Shokupanus
Species
pepperellae
External morphology

Lateral palps. Size 22 mm X 26 mm

Shokupan is the Japanese name for sandwich bread. Nearly two decades after the first and only Shokupanus specimen was brought to the attention of HORG, no less than three Angulognathids were discovered by occlupanologist T. Pepperella, who found them during an occlupanological survey in Akita, Japan, along with several other occlupanids endemic the region. The specimens of S. pepperellae were found on bags of Japanese pastries, much like their conspecific. Its rectangular oral groove is 2mm deeper than that of S. mihashii.