Adelomelon beckii
| Adelomelon beckii | |
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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 |
| Subgenus: | Adelomelon |
| Species: | A. beckii |
| Binomial name | |
| Adelomelon beckii (Broderip, 1836) | |
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Adelomelon beckii, common name the Beck's volute, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Volutidae, the volutes.[1]
Description
The length of the shell varies between 150 mm and 495 mm.
Distribution
This marine species occurs off the Atlantic coast of South America and off the Falkland Islands.
References
- 1 2 Adelomelon beckii (Broderip, 1836). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 2 November 2012.
- Bail, P & Poppe, G. T. 2001. A conchological iconography: a taxonomic introduction of the recent Volutidae. Hackenheim-Conchbook, 30 pp, 5 pl.
External links
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