Nihonia circumstricta

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| taxon =Nihonia circumstricta

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| image_caption = Original image of a shell of Nihonia circumstricta

| authority = (Martens, 1901)

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  • Pleurotoma (Surcula) circumstricta Martens, 1901
  • Surcula circumstricta (Martens, 1901)

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Nihonia circumstricta is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cochlespiridae.{{WRMS species|434495|Nihonia circumstricta (Martens, 1901)||31 August 2011}}{{cite journal |author1=P. Bouchet |author2=Yu. I. Kantor |author3=A. Sysoev |author4=N. Puillandre |year=2011 |title=A new operational classification of the Conoidea (Gastropoda) |journal=Journal of Molluscan Studies |volume=77 |issue=3 |pages=273–308 |doi=10.1093/mollus/eyr017|doi-access=free }}

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

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Distribution

This species occurs in the Indian Ocean off Tanzania at depths between 300–400 m.

References

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