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Nihonia
Nihonia circumstricta shell
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Cochlespiridae
Genus:	Nihonia McNeil, 1961
Type species
† Nihonia shimajiriensis MacNeil, 1960

Nihonia is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Cochlespiridae.

Species

Species within the genus Nihonia include:

• Nihonia australis (Roissy, 1805)
• Nihonia circumstricta (Martens, 1901)
• Nihonia maxima Sysoev, 1997
• Nihonia mirabilis (Sowerby III, 1914)

Extinct species

• † Nihonia birmanica (Vredenburg, 1921)
• † Nihonia pervirgo (Yokoyaina, 1928)
• † Nihonia shimajiriensis MacNeil, 1960. Type species from the Miocene of Okinawa.
• † Nihonia santosi Sbuto, 1969
• † Nihonia soyomaruae (Otuka, 1959)
• † Nihonia sucabumiana (K. Martin, 1895)

References

1. MacNeil (1960) U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 339: 105.
2. Nihonia McNeil, 1961. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 16 April 2010.
3. P. Bouchet; Yu. I. Kantor; A. Sysoev; N. Puillandre (2011). "A new operational classification of the Conoidea (Gastropoda)" (PDF). Journal of Molluscan Studies. 77 (3): 273–308. doi:10.1093/mollus/eyr017.
4. Nihonia australis (Gmelin, 1791). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 16 April 2010.
5. Nihonia circumstricta (Martens, 1901). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 16 April 2010.
6. Nihonia maxima Sysoev, 1997. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 16 April 2010.
7. Indo-Pacific Mollusca; Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. Delaware Museum of Natural History v. 2 no. 9-10 (1968-1969)

• MacNeil, F.S. (1961). "Tertiary and Quaternary Gastropoda of Okinawa" (PDF). U. S. Geological Survey Professional Paper. (339): 1–148. Retrieved 27 June 2024. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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