Nihonia australis

Nihonia australis
Two views of a shell of Nihonia australis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Cochlespiridae
Genus:	Nihonia
Species:	N. australis
Binomial name
Nihonia australis (Roissy, 1805)
Synonyms[1]
Clavatula australis Schepman, 1920 Murex javanus var. Dillwyn (non Linnaeus), 1817 Orthosurcula australis (Roissy, 1805) Pleurotoma (Surcula) australis Roissy, 1805 Pleurotoma turris Valenciennes, A. in Petit-Thouars, M.A. du, 1846 Surcula australis (Roissy, 1805) Turricula (Orthosurcula) australis (Roissy, 1805)

Nihonia australis, commonly named the Australian turrid, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cochlespiridae.[1]

The name Nihonia australis has often been attributed to Gmelin (1791:3542), as a result of a confusion between Murex australis Gmelin, 1791 [= Pelicaria vermis (Martyn, 1784)] and Pleurotoma australis Roissy, 1805 [= Nihonia australis]

Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 70 mm and 95 mm. The elongate-fusiform shell is yellowish white, encircled by raised, corded orange-brown ribs, with several intermediate striae. The blunt protoconch contains 1½ -2 whorls. The teleoconch contains 9½ -10 whorls. The outer lip is broadly rounded above into the rather shallow sinus. The long, straight siphonal canal is unnotched.[2][3]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Japan and Australia.

References

1. Nihonia australis (Gmelin, 1791). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 31 August 2011.
2. George Washington Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VI p. 223; 1884 (described asSurcula australis)
3. Indo-Pacific Mollusca; Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. Delaware Museum of Natural History v. 2 no. 9–10 (1968–1969)

• Roissy (1805), Hist. Nat. Moll. Anim.. s.Vert, et sang, blanc. vol. 69, livraison 32, book 6, p. 72
• Valenciennes (1846), Atlas Voy. Venus, pl..5, f. 3. (non Lamarck, 1816).
• Casey (1904) Trans. Acad. Sci. St. Louis, vol. 14, no. 5, p. 151.
• Otuka (1959) Venus, vol. 20, no. 3, p. 246.
• Liu J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp.

External links

• "Nihonia australis". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.