Niso

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Niso
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Niso hizenensis
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Vanikoroidea
Family: Eulimidae
Genus: Niso
Risso, 1826
Type species
Boreotrophon echinusDall, 1918
Synonyms [1]
  • BonelliaDeshayes, 1838 (invalid: junior homonym of Bonellia Rolando, 1822; Ebion is a substitute name)
  • EbionGistel, 1848
  • JanellaGrateloup, 1838
  • NeovolusiaEmerson, 1965
  • Niso (Volusia)A. Adams, 1861 (original rank)
  • VolusiaA. Adams, 1851 (Invalid: junior homonym of Volusia Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 [Diptera]; Neovolusia is a replacement name)

Niso is a genus of very small parasitic sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family Eulimidae. [1]

Species

According to the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) the following species with accepted names are included within the genus Niso

Species brought into synonymy

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References

  1. 1 2 Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2010). Niso Risso, 1826. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137981 on 2011-01-07