# Niso

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For the organization whose acronym is NISO, see [National Information Standards Organization](/source/National_Information_Standards_Organization).

***Niso*** is a [genus](/source/Genus) of very small parasitic [sea snails](/source/Sea_snail), [marine](/source/Marine_(ocean)) [gastropod](/source/Gastropod) [mollusks](/source/Mollusk) or [micromollusks](/source/Micromollusk) in the [family](/source/Family_(taxonomy)) [Eulimidae](/source/Eulimidae).[1]

## Species

According to the [World Register of Marine Species](/source/World_Register_of_Marine_Species) (WoRMS) the following species with accepted names are included within the genus *Niso*

- † *[Niso acarinatoconica](/source/Niso_acarinatoconica)* Sacco, 1892
- *[Niso aeglees](/source/Niso_aeglees)* Bush, 1885
- *[Niso albida](/source/Niso_albida)* [Dall](/source/William_Healey_Dall), 1889
- *[Niso alfredensis](/source/Niso_alfredensis)* Bartsch, 1915
- *[Niso attilioi](/source/Niso_attilioi)* (Hertz & Hertz, 1982)
- *[Niso balteata](/source/Niso_balteata)* G. B. Sowerby III, 1900
- † *[Niso basiglobosa](/source/Niso_basiglobosa)* Marwick, 1942
- *[Niso baueri](/source/Niso_baueri)* Emerson, 1965
- *[Niso brunnea](/source/Niso_brunnea)* (G. B. Sowerby I, 1834)
- *[Niso candidula](/source/Niso_candidula)* A. Adams, 1854
- *[Niso chevreuxi](/source/Niso_chevreuxi)* [Dautzenberg](/source/Philippe_Dautzenberg), 1891
- *[Niso circinata](/source/Niso_circinata)* [Dall](/source/William_Healey_Dall), 1889
- † *[Niso degrangei](/source/Niso_degrangei)* Cossmann & Peyrot, 1917
- *[Niso dorcas](/source/Niso_dorcas)* Kuroda & Habe, 1950
- † *[Niso eburnea](/source/Niso_eburnea)* Risso, 1826
- *[Niso emersoni](/source/Niso_emersoni)* McLean, 1970
- *[Niso excolpa](/source/Niso_excolpa)* Bartsch, 1917
- *[Niso foresti](/source/Niso_foresti)* Bouchet & Warén, 1986
- *[Niso goniostoma](/source/Niso_goniostoma)* A. Adams, 1854
- *[Niso hendersoni](/source/Niso_hendersoni)* [Bartsch](/source/Paul_Bartsch), 1953
- *[Niso hizensis](/source/Niso_hizensis)* Kuroda & Habe, 1950
- *[Niso imbricata](/source/Niso_imbricata)* (Sowerby I, 1834)
- *[Niso interrupta](/source/Niso_interrupta)* (G. B. Sowerby I, 1834)
- *[Niso lomana](/source/Niso_lomana)* [Bartsch](/source/Paul_Bartsch), 1917
- *[Niso marmorata](/source/Niso_marmorata)* (G. B. Sowerby I, 1834)
- *[Niso matsumotoi](/source/Niso_matsumotoi)* Kuroda & Habe, 1961
- *[Niso microforis](/source/Niso_microforis)* [Dall](/source/William_Healey_Dall), 1927
- *[Niso nakayasui](/source/Niso_nakayasui)* Habe, 1976
- † *[Niso neozelanica](/source/Niso_neozelanica)* Suter, 1917
- *[Niso portoricensis](/source/Niso_portoricensis)* [Dall](/source/William_Healey_Dall) & Simpson, 1901
- *[Niso pura](/source/Niso_pura)* (Melvill & Standen, 1901)
- † *[Niso putata](/source/Niso_putata)* Finlay & Marwick, 1937
- *[Niso pyramidelloides](/source/Niso_pyramidelloides)* Nevill, 1871
- *[Niso regia](/source/Niso_regia)* Kuroda & Habe, 1950
- *[Niso richardi](/source/Niso_richardi)* Dautzenberg & Fischer, 1897
- *[Niso rubrapicata](/source/Niso_rubrapicata)* Habe, 1976
- *[Niso smithi](/source/Niso_smithi)* Schepman, 1909
- *[Niso splendidula](/source/Niso_splendidula)* (G. B. Sowerby I, 1834)
- *[Niso stenomphala](/source/Niso_stenomphala)* Kuroda & Habe, 1950
- *[Niso sumatrana](/source/Niso_sumatrana)* Thiele, 1925
- † *[Niso terebellata](/source/Niso_terebellata)* (Lamarck, 1804)
- *[Niso terebellum](/source/Niso_terebellum)* (Dillwyn, 1817)
- *[Niso tetuakii](/source/Niso_tetuakii)* Habe, 1949
- *[Niso tricolor](/source/Niso_tricolor)* [Dall](/source/William_Healey_Dall), 1889
- *[Niso trilineata](/source/Niso_trilineata)* Mörch, 1872
- *[Niso venosa](/source/Niso_venosa)* Sowerby III, 1895
- *[Niso yokoyamai](/source/Niso_yokoyamai)* Kuroda & Habe, 1950

**Species brought into synonymy**

- *Niso babylonica* (Bartsch, 1912): synonym of *[Niso rangi](/source/Niso_rangi)* (de Folin, 1867)
- *Niso hipolitensis* Bartsch, 1917: synonym of *[Subniso hipolitensis](/source/Subniso_hipolitensis)* (Bartsch, 1917) (original combination)
- *Niso joubini* Dautzenberg & Fischer H., 1897: synonym of *[Costaclis mizon](/source/Costaclis_mizon)* (Watson, 1881)
- *Niso mucronetincta* Thiele, 1925 : synonym of *[Thaleia mucronetincta](/source/Thaleia_mucronetincta)* (Thiele, 1925)
- *Niso quadrasi* Boettger, 1893: synonym of *[Stilifer variabilis](/source/Stilifer_variabilis)* O. Boettger, 1893
- *Niso rangi* (de Folin, 1867): synonym of *[Subniso rangi](/source/Subniso_rangi)* (de Folin, 1867)
- *Niso rubropicta* [sic]: synonym of *[Niso rubrapicata](/source/Niso_rubrapicata)* Habe, 1976 (misspelling)
- *Niso sandwichensis* [sic]: synonym of *[Apicalia sandvichensis](/source/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](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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