Adinassa

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Adinassa
Adinassa barcai (MNHN-IM-2014-6960).jpeg
Shell of Adinassa barcai
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Nassariidae
Genus: Adinassa
Horro, Schönherr & Rolán, 2018 [1]
Type species
Adinopsis skoogi
Odhner, 1923 [2]
Synonyms [3]
  • AdinopsisOdhner, 1923 (invalid: junior homonym of the beetle AdinopsisCameron, 1918; Adinassa was the replacement name)
  • Nassarius (Adinopsis) Odhner, 1923

Adinassa is a small genus of African sea snails in the family Nassariidae (unassigned in a subfamily). [1] [3] The type species was originally named Adinopsis skoogi in 1923, though the genus name Adinopsis had already been used for a genus of beetles five years earlier. [3] Nearly 100 years later, the genus was renamed Adinassa and two new species were described. [1]

Species

There are three species within the genus Adinassa: [1] [3]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Horro J., Schönherr C. & Rolán E. (2018). Two new Nassariidae (Gastropoda) from West Africa with the substitution of Adinopsis Odhner, 1923 by Adinassa n. nom. Conchylia. 49(3-4): 25–34.
  2. ↑ Odhner, N. H. (1923). Contribution to the marine molluscan faunas of South and West Africa. Göteborgs Kungliga Vetenskaps- och Vitterhets-Samhälles Handlingar. (4) 26 (7): 1-39, 1 pl.
  3. 1 2 3 4 MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Adinassa Horro, Schönherr & Rolán, 2018. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1316296 on 2020-05-06


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