Nihonia circumstricta

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Nihonia circumstricta
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Original image of a shell of Nihonia circumstricta
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Cochlespiridae
Genus: Nihonia
Species:
N. circumstricta
Binomial name
Nihonia circumstricta
(Martens, 1901)
Synonyms [1]
  • Pleurotoma (Surcula) circumstrictaMartens, 1901
  • Surcula circumstricta(Martens, 1901)

Nihonia circumstricta is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cochlespiridae. [1] [2]

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Description

The length of the shell varies between 50 mm and 65 mm, its diameter between 15.5 mm and 19 mm. The shell has an elongate-fusiform shape. It contains 9 weakly angulate whorls.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Indian Ocean off Tanzania at depths between 300–400 m.

References

  1. 1 2 Nihonia circumstricta (Martens, 1901) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 31 August 2011.
  2. ↑ 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 .


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