Nihonia maxima is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cochlespiridae.[1][2]
Nihonia maxima | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Conoidea |
Family: | Cochlespiridae |
Genus: | Nihonia |
Species: | N. maxima
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Binomial name | |
Nihonia maxima Sysoev, 1997
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Description
editThe length of the shell attains 128 mm.
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Distribution
editThis species occurs in the Pacific Ocean off Eastern Indonesia.
References
edit- ^ Nihonia maxima Sysoev, 1997. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 31 August 2011.
- ^ 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.
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