Nihonia
Nihonia circumstricta shell
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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

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 Quaternary Gastropoda of Okinawa. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 339: iv + 148 pp., 21 pls


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