Nihonia Explained

Nihonia is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Cochlespiridae.^[1]

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:^[2]

• † 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

• MacNeil . F.S. . Tertiary and Quaternary Gastropoda of Okinawa . U. S. Geological Survey Professional Paper. . 1961 . 339 . 1-148 . 27 June 2024.

Notes and References

1. P. Bouchet . Yu. I. Kantor . A. Sysoev . N. Puillandre . 2011 . A new operational classification of the Conoidea (Gastropoda) . . 77 . 3 . 273–308 . 10.1093/mollus/eyr017. free .
2. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49824083#page/248/mode/1up Indo-Pacific Mollusca; Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. Delaware Museum of Natural History v. 2 no. 9-10 (1968-1969)