Nihonia

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Nihonia
Nihonia circumstricta 001.jpg
Nihonia circumstricta shell
Scientific classification e
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

Nihonia is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Cochlespiridae.[2][3]

Species[]

Species within the genus Nihonia include:

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[]

  1. ^ MacNeil (1960) U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 339: 105.
  2. ^ Nihonia McNeil, 1961. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 16 April 2010.
  3. ^ P. Bouchet; Yu. I. Kantor; A. Sysoev; N. Puillandre (2011). "A new operational classification of the Conoidea (Gastropoda)". Journal of Molluscan Studies. 77 (3): 273–308. doi:10.1093/mollus/eyr017.
  4. ^ Nihonia australis (Gmelin, 1791). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 16 April 2010.
  5. ^ Nihonia circumstricta (Martens, 1901). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 16 April 2010.
  6. ^ Nihonia maxima Sysoev, 1997. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 16 April 2010.
  7. ^ 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 Quarternary Gastropoda of Okinawa. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 339: iv + 148 pp., 21 pls

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