Nihonia circumstricta explained

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

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

• E. von Martens, Sitzungsberichte d. Gesellsch. nat. Freunde Berlin, 1901, p. 15.

External links

• Martens, E. von. "Einige neue meer-conchylien von der deutschen tiefsee-expedition." Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin, 1901: 14 26.1904 (1901): 1–179
• Indo-Pacific Mollusca; Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. Delaware Museum of Natural History v. 2 no. 9–10 (1968–1969)

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 .