Adelomelon

Adelomelon
shell of Adelomelon beckii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Volutidae
Subfamily: Cymbiinae
Genus: Adelomelon
Dall, 1906[1]
Type species
Voluta ancilla Lightfoot, 1786
Synonyms[2]
  • Adelomelon (Adelomelon) sensu stricto
  • Gilvostia Iredale, 1937
  • Janeithoe Pilsbry & Olsson, 1854
  • Weaveria Clench & Turner, 1964

Adelomelon is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Volutidae.[2]

Description

The medium-sized to large shell is smooth or knobbed. The protoconch is small and smooth with or without a calcarella.

Species

Species within the genus Adelomelon include:

Species brought into synonymy
  • Adelomelon barattinii Klappenbach & Ureta, 1966 : synonym of Adelomelon (Adelomelon) ancilla (Lightfoot, 1786) represented as Adelomelon ancilla (Lightfoot, 1786)
  • Adelomelon indigestus Von Ihering, 1908: synonym of Adelomelon (Adelomelon) beckii (Broderip, 1836) represented as Adelomelon beckii (Broderip, 1836)
  • Adelomelon paradoxa (Lahille, 1895): synonym of Odontocymbiola magellanica (Gmelin, 1791)
  • Adelomelon subnodosa (Leach, 1814): synonym of Odontocymbiola magellanica (Gmelin, 1791)

References

  1. ↑ Dall (1906). Nautilus 19: 143.
  2. 1 2 Adelomelon Dall, 1906.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  3. ↑ Adelomelon ancilla (Lightfoot, 1786).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  4. ↑ Adelomelon beckii (Broderip, 1836).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  5. ↑ Adelomelon brasiliana (Lamarck, 1811).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  6. ↑ Adelomelon ferussacii (Donovan, 1824).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  7. ↑ Adelomelon riosi Clench & Turner, 1964.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  8. ↑ Adelomelon scoresbyana (Powell, 1951).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  • Bail P. & Poppe G.T. 2001. A conchological iconography: a taxonomic introduction of the recent Volutidae. ConchBooks, Hackenheim. 30 pp, 5 pl.


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