Kingdom Animalia Class Gastropoda Clade Hypsogastropoda Scientific name Nihonia circumstricta | Phylum Mollusca Clade Caenogastropoda Clade Neogastropoda Rank Species | |
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Nihonia circumstricta is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cochlespiridae.
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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
Distribution
This species occurs in the Indian Ocean off Tanzania at depths between 300-400 m.
References
Nihonia circumstricta Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA