Adinus
| Adinus | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Buccinoidea |
| Family: | Nassariidae |
| Genus: | Adinus H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853 |
| Type species | |
| Bullia truncata Reeve, 1846 | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Adinus is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Nassariidae, the Nassa mud snails or dog whelks.[1]
Description
[edit]The subulate shell is spirally striated. The columella is abruptly truncate at its base. The inner lip is corrugated, with a callosity at hind part. The outer lip is grooved internally, externally marginated.[2]
Species
[edit]- † Adinus tjidamarensis (K. Martin, 1879)
- Adinus truncatus (Reeve, 1846)
References
[edit]- 1 2 "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Adinus H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2024-01-26.
- ↑ Adams, H. & Adams, A. (1853-1858). The genera of Recent Mollusca; arranged according to their organization. London, van Voorst. Vol. 1: xl + 484 pp.; vol. 2: 661 pp.; vol. 3: 138 pls.
External links
[edit]- Allmon W.D., 1990 (12 December). Review of the Bullia group (Gastropoda: Nassariidae) with comments on its evolution, biogeography, and phylogeny. Bulletins of American Paleontology 99(335): 179 pp., 15 pls.
- Cernohorsky, W. O. (1984). Systematics of the family Nassariidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Bulletin of the Auckland Institute and Museum. 14: i-iv, 1-356.
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