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Nihonia maxima

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Nihonia maxima
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Cochlespiridae
Genus: Nihonia
Species:
N. maxima
Binomial name
Nihonia maxima
Sysoev, 1997

Nihonia maxima is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cochlespiridae.[1][2]

Description

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The length of the shell attains 128 mm.

Distribution

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This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean off Eastern Indonesia.

References

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  1. ^ Nihonia maxima Sysoev, 1997. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 31 August 2011.
  2. ^ P. Bouchet; Yu. I. Kantor; A. Sysoev; N. Puillandre (2011). "A new operational classification of the Conoidea (Gastropoda)". Journal of Molluscan Studies. 77 (3): 273–308. doi:10.1093/mollus/eyr017.
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