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Nihonia circumstricta

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Hypsogastropoda

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Nihonia circumstricta

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Nihonia circumstricta

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


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