Adelomelon
| Adelomelon | |
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| 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] |
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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:
- Adelomelon ancilla (Lightfoot, 1786)[3]
- Adelomelon beckii (Broderip, 1836)[4]
- Adelomelon riosi Clench & Turner, 1964[5]
- Subgenus Adelomelon (Pachycymbiola) Ihering, 1907
- Adelomelon brasiliana (Lamarck, 1811)[6]
- Adelomelon ferussacii (Donovan, 1824)[7]
- Adelomelon scoresbyana (Powell, 1951)[8]
- 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)
References
- ↑ Dall (1906). Nautilus 19: 143.
- 1 2 Adelomelon Dall, 1906. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
- ↑ Adelomelon ancilla (Lightfoot, 1786). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
- ↑ Adelomelon beckii (Broderip, 1836). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
- ↑ Adelomelon riosi Clench & Turner, 1964. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
- ↑ Adelomelon brasiliana (Lamarck, 1811). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
- ↑ Adelomelon ferussacii (Donovan, 1824). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
- ↑ Adelomelon scoresbyana (Powell, 1951). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
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