Nihonia circumstricta

Nihonia circumstricta is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cochlespiridae.[1][2]

Nihonia circumstricta
Original image of a shell of Nihonia circumstricta
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Cochlespiridae
Genus: Nihonia
Species:
N. circumstricta
Binomial name
Nihonia circumstricta
(Martens, 1901)
Synonyms[1]
  • Pleurotoma (Surcula) circumstricta Martens, 1901
  • Surcula circumstricta (Martens, 1901)

Description

The length of the shell varies between 50 mm and 65 mm, its diameter between 15.5 mm and 19 mm. The shell has an elongate-fusiform shape. It contains 9 weakly angulate whorls

Distribution

This species occurs in the Indian Ocean off Tanzania at depths between 300–400 m.

References
  1. Nihonia circumstricta (Martens, 1901). 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.
  • E. von Martens, Sitzungsberichte d. Gesellsch. nat. Freunde Berlin, 1901, p. 15.


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