Nihonia australis

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Species of gastropod

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::summary Species of gastropod ::

| taxon =Nihonia australis | image = Nihonia australis 001.jpg | image_caption = Two views of a shell of Nihonia australis | authority = (Roissy, 1805) | synonyms_ref = | synonyms =

  • 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) | display_parents = 3

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

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.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Japan and Australia.

References

  • 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.

References

  1. {{WRMS species. 434494. ''Nihonia australis'' (Gmelin, 1791). 31 August 2011
  2. [[George Washington Tryon]], Manual of Conchology vol. VI p. 223; 1884 (described as''Surcula australis'')
  3. [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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