Niso

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)

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

  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