Niso is a genus of very small parasitic sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family Eulimidae.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
General characteristics Eulimidae having the base broadly umbilicated.
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 angusta Deshayes, 1862 † Niso antiselli Anderson and Martin, 1914 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 canaliculata Koenen, 1882 Niso candidula A. Adams, 1854 Niso chevreuxi Dautzenberg, 1891 Niso circinata Dall, 1889 † Niso constricta Deshayes, 1862 † 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 grandis Gabb, 1873 Niso hendersoni Bartsch, 1953 Niso hizensis Kuroda & Habe, 1950 Niso imbricata (Sowerby I, 1834) Niso interrupta (G. B. Sowerby I, 1834) † Niso kimberi Pritchard, 1906 Niso lomana Bartsch, 1917 Niso marmorata (G. B. Sowerby I, 1834) Niso matsumotoi Kuroda & Habe, 1961 Niso microforis Dall, 1927 † Niso minuta Gabb, 1873 † Niso morleti Cossmann, 1888 Niso nakayasui Habe, 1976 † Niso neozelanica Suter, 1917 † Niso obtusocarinata Makiyama, 1927 Niso penipauliasi T. Cossignani & Lorenz, 2022 † Niso polita Gabb, 1864 Niso portoricensis Dall & Simpson, 1901 † Niso psila Tenison Woods, 1879 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 turrioides C.-H. Hu, 1991 † Niso umbilicata (I. Lea, 1833) 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
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