Niso is a genus of very small parasitic sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family Eulimidae.
Species
According to the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) the following species with accepted names are included within the genus Niso
- â Niso acarinatoconica <small>Sacco, 1892</small>
- Niso aeglees <small>Bush, 1885</small>
- Niso albida <small>Dall, 1889</small>
- Niso alfredensis <small>Bartsch, 1915</small>
- Niso attilioi <small>(Hertz & Hertz, 1982)</small>
- Niso balteata <small>G. B. Sowerby III, 1900</small>
- â Niso basiglobosa <small>Marwick, 1942</small>
- Niso baueri <small>Emerson, 1965</small>
- Niso brunnea <small>(G. B. Sowerby I, 1834)</small>
- Niso candidula <small>A. Adams, 1854</small>
- Niso chevreuxi <small>Dautzenberg, 1891</small>
- Niso circinata <small>Dall, 1889</small>
- â Niso degrangei <small>Cossmann & Peyrot, 1917</small>
- Niso dorcas <small>Kuroda & Habe, 1950</small>
- â Niso eburnea <small>Risso, 1826</small>
- Niso emersoni <small>McLean, 1970</small>
- Niso excolpa <small>Bartsch, 1917</small>
- Niso foresti <small>Bouchet & Warén, 1986</small>
- Niso goniostoma <small>A. Adams, 1854</small>
- Niso hendersoni <small>Bartsch, 1953</small>
- Niso hizensis K<small>uroda & Habe, 1950</small>
- Niso imbricata <small>(Sowerby I, 1834)</small>
- Niso interrupta <small>(G. B. Sowerby I, 1834)</small>
- Niso lomana <small>Bartsch, 1917</small>
- Niso marmorata <small>(G. B. Sowerby I, 1834)</small>
- Niso matsumotoi <small>Kuroda & Habe, 1961</small>
- Niso microforis <small>Dall, 1927</small>
- Niso nakayasui <small>Habe, 1976</small>
- â Niso neozelanica <small>Suter, 1917</small>
- Niso portoricensis <small>Dall & Simpson, 1901</small>
- Niso pura <small>(Melvill & Standen, 1901)</small>
- â Niso putata <small>Finlay & Marwick, 1937</small>
- Niso pyramidelloides <small>Nevill, 1871</small>
- Niso regia <small>Kuroda & Habe, 1950</small>
- Niso richardi <small>Dautzenberg & Fischer, 1897</small>
- Niso rubrapicata <small>Habe, 1976</small>
- Niso smithi <small>Schepman, 1909</small>
- Niso splendidula <small>(G. B. Sowerby I, 1834)</small>
- Niso stenomphala <small>Kuroda & Habe, 1950</small>
- Niso sumatrana <small>Thiele, 1925</small>
- â Niso terebellata <small>(Lamarck, 1804)</small>
- Niso terebellum <small>(Dillwyn, 1817)</small>
- Niso tetuakii <small>Habe, 1949</small>
- Niso tricolor <small>Dall, 1889</small>
- Niso trilineata <small>Mörch, 1872</small>
- Niso venosa <small>Sowerby III, 1895</small>
- Niso yokoyamai <small>Kuroda & Habe, 1950</small>
Species brought into synonymy:
- Niso babylonica (Bartsch, 1912): synonym of Niso rangi <small>(de Folin, 1867)</small>
- Niso hipolitensis <small>Bartsch, 1917</small>: synonym of Subniso hipolitensis <small>(Bartsch, 1917)</small> (original combination)
- Niso joubini Dautzenberg & Fischer H., 1897: synonym of Costaclis mizon <small>(Watson, 1881)</small>
- Niso mucronetincta Thiele, 1925 : synonym of Thaleia mucronetincta <small>(Thiele, 1925)</small>
- Niso quadrasi Boettger, 1893: synonym of Stilifer variabilis <small>O. Boettger, 1893</small>
- Niso rangi <small>(de Folin, 1867)</small>: synonym of Subniso rangi <small>(de Folin, 1867)</small>
- Niso rubropicta [sic]: synonym of Niso rubrapicata <small>Habe, 1976</small> (misspelling)
- Niso sandwichensis [sic]: synonym of Apicalia sandvichensis <small>(G.B. Sowerby II, 1865)</small>
References
- Warén A. (1984) A generic revision of the family Eulimidae (Gastropoda, Prosobranchia). Journal of Molluscan Studies suppl. 13: 1-96. page(s): 59
- Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180âÂÂ213