Nihonia maxima
Nihonia maxima | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Clade: | Caenogastropoda |
Clade: | Hypsogastropoda |
Clade: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Conoidea |
Family: | Cochlespiridae |
Genus: | Nihonia |
Species: | N. maxima |
Binomial name | |
Nihonia maxima Sysoev, 1997 | |
Nihonia maxima is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cochlespiridae.[1] [2]
Description
The length of the shell attains 128 mm.
Distribution
This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean off Eastern Indonesia.
References
- ↑ 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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