Niso

Niso
Niso
Niso hizenensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropda
Group Ptenoglossa
Superfamily: Eulimoidea
Family: Eulimidae
Genus: Niso
Synonyms[1]
  • Neovolusia Emerson, 1965
  • Volusia A. Adams, 1851 (Invalid: junior homonym of Volusia Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 [Diptera]; Neovolusia is a replacement name)

Niso is a genus of very small parasitic sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family Eulimidae. [1]

Species

According to the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) the following species with accepted names are included within the genus Niso

  • Niso aeglees Bush, 1885
  • Niso albida Dall, 1889
  • Niso chevreuxi Dautzenberg, 1891
  • Niso circinata Dall, 1889
  • Niso foresti Bouchet & Warén, 1986
  • Niso hendersoni Bartsch, 1953
  • Niso imbricata (Sowerby, 1834)
  • Niso lomana Bartsch, 1917
  • Niso microforis Dall, 1927
  • Niso portoricensis Dall & Simpson, 1901
  • Niso tricolor Dall, 1889
  • Niso venosa Sowerby, 1895

The Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database (OBIS) also adds the following species : [2]

  • Niso balteata Sowerby, 1900
  • Niso brunnea (Sowerby I, 1834)
  • Niso dorcas Kuroda & Habe, 1950
  • Niso goniostoma A. Adams, 1854 in H. & A. Adams, 1853-58
  • Niso hizenensis Kuroda & Habe, 1950-d
  • Niso matsumotoi Kuroda & Habe in Habe, 1961
  • Niso mucronetincta Thiele, 1925
  • Niso regia Kuroda & Habe, 1950
  • Niso rubropicta Habe, 1975
  • Niso smithi Schepman, 1909
  • Niso stenomphala Kuroda & Habe, 1950
  • Niso tetuakii Habe, 1949
  • Niso yokoyamai Kuroda & Habe, 1950

References

  1. ^ a b Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2010). Niso Risso, 1826. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137981 on 2011-01-07
  2. ^ OBIS : Niso; accessed : 7 January 2011
  • 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. 180-213
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