''Japonia'' is a

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. MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Japonia A. Gould, 1859. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=867181 on 2022-04-20 The genus was created by

Augustus Addison Gould Augustus Addison Gould (April 23, 1805 – September 15, 1866) was an American conchologist and malacologist. Biography Born in New Ipswich, New Hampshire, he was the son of music teacher Nathaniel Duren Gould (1781–1864) who was also noted ...

in 1959.Gould, A. A. (1859). ''Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History''. 6: 426.

Species

The genus ''Japonia'' includes the following species: * '' Japonia alticola'' (Laidlaw, 1937) * '' Japonia anceps'' Vermeulen, Liew & Schilthuizen, 2015 * '' Japonia balabacensis'' (E. A. Smith, 1895) * '' Japonia bauensis'' Marzuki, T. S. Liew & Mohd-Azlan, 2021 * '' Japonia borneensis'' (E. A. Smith, 1893) * '' Japonia buehleri'' Forcart, 1936 * '' Japonia bunguranensis'' (E. A. Smith, 1894) * '' Japonia celebensis'' (P. Sarasin & F. Sarasin, 1899) * '' Japonia changi'' C.-C. Hwang, 2015 * '' Japonia ciliocincta'' (Martens, 1865) * '' Japonia citharella'' (Gould, 1859) * '' Japonia clathrata'' (Heude, 1885) * '' Japonia concolor'' (Möllendorff, 1893) * '' Japonia crossei'' (Morlet, 1886) * '' Japonia dido'' (Godwin-Austen, 1889) * '' Japonia ditropis'' Vermeulen & Junau, 2007 * '' Japonia duplifolia'' C.-C. Hwang, 2015 * '' Japonia fallax'' B. Rensch, 1931 * '' Japonia formosana'' Pilsbry & Hirase, 1905 * '' Japonia gouldi'' Kobelt, 1902 * '' Japonia gradata'' (Möllendorff, 1894) * '' Japonia hagenmulleri'' (J. Mabille, 1887) * '' Japonia heteroveina'' C.-C. Hwang, 2015 * '' Japonia hispida'' Minato, 1982 * '' Japonia hyalina'' Vermeulen & Junau, 2007 * '' Japonia inornata'' (E. A. Smith, 1893) * '' Japonia inouei'' Kuroda & Habe, 1961 * '' Japonia janus'' Vermeulen & Liew, 2022 * '' Japonia johnabbasi'' Thach, 2021 * '' Japonia jucunda'' (E. A. Smith, 1893) * '' Japonia junipervallis'' C.-C. Hwang, 2015 * '' Japonia katorii'' Minato, 1985 * '' Japonia keppeli'' (Godwin-Austen, 1889) * '' Japonia lanyuensis'' Y.-C. Lee & W.-L. Wu, 2001 * '' Japonia mariei'' (Morlet, 1886) * '' Japonia mendicans'' (J. Mabille, 1887) * '' Japonia metcalfei'' (Issel, 1874) * '' Japonia monggisensis'' Vermeulen & Liew, 2022 * '' Japonia mucronata'' (Möllendorff, 1888) * '' Japonia mundyana'' (Godwin-Austen, 1889) * '' Japonia musiva'' (Gould, 1859) * '' Japonia pngsiar'' C.-C. Hwang, 2015 * '' Japonia quinquelirata'' (Möllendorff, 1887) * '' Japonia rabongensis'' (E. A. Smith, 1895) * '' Japonia sadoensis'' Pilsbry & Y. Hirase, 1903 * '' Japonia saetigera'' (van Benthem Jutting, 195) * '' Japonia shigetai'' Minato, 1985 * '' Japonia striatula'' Kuroda, 1973 * '' Japonia subcarinata'' (Möllendorff, 1887) * '' Japonia subconica'' (L. Pfeiffer, 1859) * '' Japonia subrudis'' Vermeulen & Liew, 2022 * '' Japonia tadai'' C.-C. Hwang, 2015 * '' Japonia tambunanensis'' Vermeulen & Liew, 2022 * '' Japonia tenuipilis'' (Gredler, 1887) * '' Japonia thuthaoae'' Thach, 2021 * '' Japonia tokunoshimana'' Pilsbry & Y. Hirase, 1904 * '' Japonia trilirata'' (L. Pfeiffer, 1852) * '' Japonia trochulus'' (Martens, 1867) * '' Japonia wallacei'' (L. Pfeiffer, 1857)

References

* Uchida, R.; Yahya, B. E.; Ahmad, A. H.; Sapaat, A.; Tomiyama, K. (2013). Land Snail Fauna of Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia. Venus (Journal of the Malacological Society of Japan). 71 (1–2): 49–59.

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Nomenclator Zoologicus info

Gould, A. A. (1859). [Descriptions of shells collected by the North Pacific Exploring Expedition
Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History. 6: 422–426] Cyclophoridae Taxa named by Augustus Addison Gould {{Cyclophoridae-stub