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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| 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 | |
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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.
Description
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.
Species
- † Adinus tjidamarensis (K. Martin, 1879)
- Adinus truncatus (Reeve, 1846)
References
- ^ "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
- 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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