Nihonia circumstricta
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| taxon =Nihonia circumstricta
| image = Nihonia circumstricta 001.jpg
| image_caption = Original image of a shell of Nihonia circumstricta
| authority = (Martens, 1901)
| synonyms =
- 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.
External links
- [https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/35607#page/29/mode/1up 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]
- [https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49824083#page/248/mode/1up Indo-Pacific Mollusca; Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. Delaware Museum of Natural History v. 2 no. 9–10 (1968–1969)]
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Category:Gastropods described in 1901
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