Adelomelon ancilla

Adelomelon ancilla
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Muricoidea
Family:	Volutidae
Subfamily:	Cymbiinae
Genus:	Adelomelon
Subgenus:	Adelomelon
Species:	A. ancilla
Binomial name
*Adelomelon ancilla* (Lightfoot, 1786)
Synonyms^[1]
Adelomelon barattinii Klappenbach & Ureta, 1966 Adelomelon (Adelomelon) ancilla (Lightfoot, 1786) Voluta ancilla Lightfoot, 1786 (basionym) Voluta arnheimi (Rivers, 1891) Voluta bracata Mabille & Rochebrune, 1889 Voluta magellanica Lamarck, 1811 Voluta martensi Strebel, 1906 Voluta spectabilis Gmelin, 1791

Adelomelon ancilla is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Volutidae, the volutes.^[1]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Uruguay, Argentine and Chile.

References

1 2 Adelomelon ancilla (Lightfoot, 1786). 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. Hackenheim-Conchbook, 30 pp, 5 pl.

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