Nihonia australis

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Nihonia australis
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Two views of a shell of Nihonia australis
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Cochlespiridae
Genus: Nihonia
Species:
N. australis
Binomial name
Nihonia australis
(Roissy, 1805)
Synonyms [1]
  • Clavatula australisSchepman, 1920
  • Murex javanusvar. Dillwyn (non Linnaeus), 1817
  • Orthosurcula australis(Roissy, 1805)
  • Pleurotoma (Surcula) australisRoissy, 1805
  • Pleurotoma turrisValenciennes, A. in Petit-Thouars, M.A. du, 1846
  • Surcula australis(Roissy, 1805)
  • Turricula (Orthosurcula) australis(Roissy, 1805)

Nihonia australis, commonly named the Australian turrid, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cochlespiridae. [1]

Contents

The name Nihonia australis has often been attributed to Gmelin (1791:3542), as a result of a confusion between Murex australisGmelin, 1791 [= Pelicaria vermis(Martyn, 1784)] and Pleurotoma australisRoissy, 1805 [= Nihonia australis]

Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 70 mm and 95 mm. The elongate-fusiform shell is yellowish white, encircled by raised, corded orange-brown ribs, with several intermediate striae. The blunt protoconch contains 1½ -2 whorls. The teleoconch contains 9½ -10 whorls. The outer lip is broadly rounded above into the rather shallow sinus. The long, straight siphonal canal is unnotched. [2] [3]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Japan and Australia.

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