Niso

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

For the organization whose acronym is NISO, see National Information Standards Organization.

Niso
Niso hizenensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Vanikoroidea
Family: Eulimidae
Genus: Niso
Risso, 1826
Type species
Boreotrophon echinus Dall, 1918
Synonyms[1]
  • † Bonellia Deshayes, 1838 (invalid: junior homonym of Bonellia Rolando, 1822; Ebion is a substitute name)
  • † Ebion Gistel, 1848
  • † Janella Grateloup, 1838
  • Neovolusia Emerson, 1965
  • Niso (Volusia) A. Adams, 1861 (original rank)
  • Volusia A. Adams, 1851 (Invalid: junior homonym of Volusia Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 [Diptera]; Neovolusia is a replacement name)

Species

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

  • † Niso acarinatoconica Sacco, 1892
  • Niso aeglees Bush, 1885
  • Niso albida Dall, 1889
  • Niso alfredensis Bartsch, 1915
  • Niso attilioi (Hertz & Hertz, 1982)
  • Niso balteata G. B. Sowerby III, 1900
  • † Niso basiglobosa Marwick, 1942
  • Niso baueri Emerson, 1965
  • Niso brunnea (G. B. Sowerby I, 1834)
  • Niso candidula A. Adams, 1854
  • Niso chevreuxi Dautzenberg, 1891
  • Niso circinata Dall, 1889
  • † Niso degrangei Cossmann & Peyrot, 1917
  • Niso dorcas Kuroda & Habe, 1950
  • † Niso eburnea Risso, 1826
  • Niso emersoni McLean, 1970
  • Niso excolpa Bartsch, 1917
  • Niso foresti Bouchet & Warén, 1986
  • Niso goniostoma A. Adams, 1854
  • Niso hendersoni Bartsch, 1953
  • Niso hizensis Kuroda & Habe, 1950
  • Niso imbricata (Sowerby I, 1834)
  • Niso interrupta (G. B. Sowerby I, 1834)
  • Niso lomana Bartsch, 1917
  • Niso marmorata (G. B. Sowerby I, 1834)
  • Niso matsumotoi Kuroda & Habe, 1961
  • Niso microforis Dall, 1927
  • Niso nakayasui Habe, 1976
  • † Niso neozelanica Suter, 1917
  • Niso portoricensis Dall & Simpson, 1901
  • Niso pura (Melvill & Standen, 1901)
  • † Niso putata Finlay & Marwick, 1937
  • Niso pyramidelloides Nevill, 1871
  • Niso regia Kuroda & Habe, 1950
  • Niso richardi Dautzenberg & Fischer, 1897
  • Niso rubrapicata Habe, 1976
  • Niso smithi Schepman, 1909
  • Niso splendidula (G. B. Sowerby I, 1834)
  • Niso stenomphala Kuroda & Habe, 1950
  • Niso sumatrana Thiele, 1925
  • † Niso terebellata (Lamarck, 1804)
  • Niso terebellum (Dillwyn, 1817)
  • Niso tetuakii Habe, 1949
  • Niso tricolor Dall, 1889
  • Niso trilineata Mörch, 1872
  • Niso venosa Sowerby III, 1895
  • Niso yokoyamai Kuroda & Habe, 1950
Species brought into synonymy
  • Niso babylonica (Bartsch, 1912): synonym of Niso rangi (de Folin, 1867)
  • Niso hipolitensis Bartsch, 1917: synonym of Subniso hipolitensis (Bartsch, 1917) (original combination)
  • Niso joubini Dautzenberg & Fischer H., 1897: synonym of Costaclis mizon (Watson, 1881)
  • Niso mucronetincta Thiele, 1925 : synonym of Thaleia mucronetincta (Thiele, 1925)
  • Niso quadrasi Boettger, 1893: synonym of Stilifer variabilis O. Boettger, 1893
  • Niso rangi (de Folin, 1867): synonym of Subniso rangi (de Folin, 1867)
  • Niso rubropicta [sic]: synonym of Niso rubrapicata Habe, 1976 (misspelling)
  • Niso sandwichensis [sic]: synonym of Apicalia sandvichensis (G.B. Sowerby II, 1865)

References
  1. 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
  • 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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