Nihonia australis
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| Nihonia australis | |
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| 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] | |
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Nihonia australis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cochlespiridae. [1]
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
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Nihonia australis (Gmelin, 1791). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 31 August 2011.
- ↑ George Washington Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VI p. 223; 1884 (described as Drillia turris)
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