''Adinassa parrulai'' is a
species
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of
sea snail
Sea snails are slow-moving marine (ocean), marine gastropod Mollusca, molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the Taxonomic classification, taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguishe ...
, a marine
gastropod
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This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, freshwater, and fro ...
mollusk
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in the
family
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Nassariidae
The Nassariidae, Nassa mud snails (US), or dog whelks (UK) are a taxonomic family of small to medium-sized snails, mostly marine gastropod mollusks in the clade Neogastropoda. These snails have rounded shells with a high spire, an oval ap ...
, the Nassa mud snails or dog whelks.
[MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Adinassa barcai Horro, Schönherr & Rolán, 2018. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1316298 on 2020-08-27]
Description
The length of the shell attains 38.5 mm.
Distribution
This marine species occurs off
Cabinda, Angola at depths between 100 m and 150 m.
References
* 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.
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Endemic mollusca species of Angola
parrulai
Gastropods described in 2018