Nihonia
| Nihonia | |
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| Nihonia circumstricta shell | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Cochlespiridae |
| Genus: | Nihonia McNeil, 1961[1] |
| Type species | |
| † Nihonia shimajiriensis MacNeil, 1960
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Nihonia is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Cochlespiridae.[2][3]
Species[edit]
Species within the genus Nihonia include:
- Nihonia australis (Roissy, 1805)[4]
- Nihonia circumstricta (Martens, 1901)[5]
- Nihonia maxima Sysoev, 1997[6]
- Nihonia mirabilis (Sowerby III, 1914)
- Extinct species
- [7]
- † Nihonia birmanica (Vredenburg, 1921)
- † Nihonia pervirgo (Yokoyaina, 1928)
- † Nihonia shimajiriensis MacNeil, 1960. Type species from the Miocene of Okinawa.
- † Nihonia santosi Sbuto, 1969
- † Nihonia soyomaruae (Otuka, 1959)
- † Nihonia sucabumiana (K. Martin, 1895)
References[edit]
- ^ MacNeil (1960) U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 339: 105.
- ^ Nihonia McNeil, 1961. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 16 April 2010.
- ^ P. Bouchet; Yu. I. Kantor; A. Sysoev; N. Puillandre (2011). "A new operational classification of the Conoidea (Gastropoda)" (PDF). Journal of Molluscan Studies. 77 (3): 273–308. doi:10.1093/mollus/eyr017.
- ^ Nihonia australis (Gmelin, 1791). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 16 April 2010.
- ^ Nihonia circumstricta (Martens, 1901). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 16 April 2010.
- ^ Nihonia maxima Sysoev, 1997. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 16 April 2010.
- ^ Indo-Pacific Mollusca; Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. Delaware Museum of Natural History v. 2 no. 9-10 (1968-1969)
- MacNeil F. S. (1961 ["1960"]) Tertiary and Quaternary Gastropoda of Okinawa. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 339: iv + 148 pp., 21 pls
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