Adelomelon riosi

Adelomelon riosi
Apertural view of Adelomelon riosi
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. riosi
Binomial name
Adelomelon riosi
Clench & Turner, 1964
Synonyms[1]

Adelomelon (Adelomelon) riosi Clench & Turner, 1964

Adelomelon riosi, common name Rios'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 200 mm and 315 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Atlantic coast of South America, from Brazil to Argentina.

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