Nihonia australis

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 <small>Gmelin, 1791</small> [= Pelicaria vermis <small>(Martyn, 1784)</small>] and Pleurotoma australis <small>Roissy, 1805</small> [= Nihonia australis]

Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 70&nbsp;mm and 95&nbsp;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.&nbsp;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.&nbsp;151.
• Otuka (1959) Venus, vol. 20, no. 3, p.&nbsp;246.
• Liu J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp.

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