Niso

For the organization whose acronym is NISO, see National Information Standards Organization.

Niso
Niso hizenensis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:	Vanikoroidea
Family:	Eulimidae
Genus:	Niso Risso, 1826
Type species
Boreotrophon echinus Dall, 1918
Synonyms[1]
† Bonellia Deshayes, 1838 (invalid: junior homonym of Bonellia Rolando, 1822; Ebion is a substitute name) † Ebion Gistel, 1848 † Janella Grateloup, 1838 Neovolusia Emerson, 1965 Niso (Volusia) A. Adams, 1861 (original rank) Volusia A. Adams, 1851 (Invalid: junior homonym of Volusia Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 [Diptera]; Neovolusia is a replacement name)

Niso is a genus of very small parasitic sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family Eulimidae.[1]

Species

According to the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) the following species with accepted names are included within the genus Niso

• † Niso acarinatoconica Sacco, 1892
• Niso aeglees Bush, 1885
• Niso albida Dall, 1889
• Niso alfredensis Bartsch, 1915
• Niso attilioi (Hertz & Hertz, 1982)
• Niso balteata G. B. Sowerby III, 1900
• † Niso basiglobosa Marwick, 1942
• Niso baueri Emerson, 1965
• Niso brunnea (G. B. Sowerby I, 1834)
• Niso candidula A. Adams, 1854
• Niso chevreuxi Dautzenberg, 1891
• Niso circinata Dall, 1889
• † Niso degrangei Cossmann & Peyrot, 1917
• Niso dorcas Kuroda & Habe, 1950
• † Niso eburnea Risso, 1826
• Niso emersoni McLean, 1970
• Niso excolpa Bartsch, 1917
• Niso foresti Bouchet & Warén, 1986
• Niso goniostoma A. Adams, 1854
• Niso hendersoni Bartsch, 1953
• Niso hizensis Kuroda & Habe, 1950
• Niso imbricata (Sowerby I, 1834)
• Niso interrupta (G. B. Sowerby I, 1834)
• Niso lomana Bartsch, 1917
• Niso marmorata (G. B. Sowerby I, 1834)
• Niso matsumotoi Kuroda & Habe, 1961
• Niso microforis Dall, 1927
• Niso nakayasui Habe, 1976
• † Niso neozelanica Suter, 1917
• Niso portoricensis Dall & Simpson, 1901
• Niso pura (Melvill & Standen, 1901)
• † Niso putata Finlay & Marwick, 1937
• Niso pyramidelloides Nevill, 1871
• Niso regia Kuroda & Habe, 1950
• Niso richardi Dautzenberg & Fischer, 1897
• Niso rubrapicata Habe, 1976
• Niso smithi Schepman, 1909
• Niso splendidula (G. B. Sowerby I, 1834)
• Niso stenomphala Kuroda & Habe, 1950
• Niso sumatrana Thiele, 1925
• † Niso terebellata (Lamarck, 1804)
• Niso terebellum (Dillwyn, 1817)
• Niso tetuakii Habe, 1949
• Niso tricolor Dall, 1889
• Niso trilineata Mörch, 1872
• Niso venosa Sowerby III, 1895
• Niso yokoyamai Kuroda & Habe, 1950

Species brought into synonymy

• Niso babylonica (Bartsch, 1912): synonym of Niso rangi (de Folin, 1867)
• Niso hipolitensis Bartsch, 1917: synonym of Subniso hipolitensis (Bartsch, 1917) (original combination)
• Niso joubini Dautzenberg & Fischer H., 1897: synonym of Costaclis mizon (Watson, 1881)
• Niso mucronetincta Thiele, 1925 : synonym of Thaleia mucronetincta (Thiele, 1925)
• Niso quadrasi Boettger, 1893: synonym of Stilifer variabilis O. Boettger, 1893
• Niso rangi (de Folin, 1867): synonym of Subniso rangi (de Folin, 1867)
• Niso rubropicta [sic]: synonym of Niso rubrapicata Habe, 1976 (misspelling)
• Niso sandwichensis [sic]: synonym of Apicalia sandvichensis (G.B. Sowerby II, 1865)

References

1. Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2010). Niso Risso, 1826. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137981 on 2011-01-07

• Warén A. (1984) A generic revision of the family Eulimidae (Gastropoda, Prosobranchia). Journal of Molluscan Studies suppl. 13: 1-96. page(s): 59
• Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180–213