Nihonia maxima explained

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

Description

The length of the shell attains 128 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean off Eastern Indonesia.

References

• Sysoev, Alexander. Mollusca Gastropoda: new deep-water turrid gastropods (Conoidea) from eastern Indonesia. Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, 1997.

External links

• Nihonia Holotype at the MNHN, Paris

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 .