Nihonia maxima

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Nihonia maxima is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cochlespiridae.{{WRMS species|434496|Nihonia maxima Sysoev, 1997||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 attains 128 mm.

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Distribution

This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean off Eastern Indonesia.

References

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  • [http://bionames.org/bionames-archive/issn/1243-4442/172/325.pdf Sysoev, Alexander. Mollusca Gastropoda: new deep-water turrid gastropods (Conoidea) from eastern Indonesia. Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, 1997].