Nihonia australis

Nihonia australis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Cochlespiridae
Genus: Nihonia
Species: N. australis
Binomial name
Nihonia australis
(Gmelin, 1791)
Synonyms[1]
  • Murex australis Gmelin, 1791
  • Pleurotoma turris Valenciennes, A. in Petit-Thouars, M.A. du, 1846

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

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Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 70 mm and 95 mm. The olive-brown shell is pyramidally acuminated. The whorls are longitudinally stoutly ribbed, transversely very finely ridged. The aperture is short. [2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs along Japan and Australia.

References

  1. ^ a b Nihonia australis (Gmelin, 1791).  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=434494 on 31 August 2011.
  2. ^ George Washington Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VI p. 223; 1884 (described as Drillia turris)