Nihonia maxima

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Nihonia maxima
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Cochlespiridae
Genus: Nihonia
Species:
N. maxima
Binomial name
Nihonia maxima
Sysoev, 1997

Nihonia maxima 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 attains 128 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean off Eastern Indonesia.

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References

  1. Nihonia maxima Sysoev, 1997 . 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 .