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

Adelomelon
shell of Adelomelon beckii
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Volutidae
Tribe: Adelomelonini
Genus: Adelomelon
Dall, 1906[1]
Type species
Voluta ancilla Lightfoot, 1786
Synonyms[2]
  • Adelomelon (Adelomelon) Dall, 1906
  • Adelomelon (Weaveria) Clench & R. D. Turner, 1964
  • Eoscaphella Stilwell & Zinsmeister, 1992 ·
  • Janeithoe Pilsbry & Olsson, 1854
  • Weaveria Clench & Turner, 1964

Description

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

Species

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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 brasilianum (Lamarck, 1811):[6] synonym of Pachycymbiola brasiliana (Lamarck, 1811)
  • Adelomelon ferussacii (Donovan, 1824):[7] synonym of Pachycymbiola ferussacii (Donovan, 1824)
  • 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 scoresbyanum (Powell, 1951):[8] synonym of Pachycymbiola scoresbyana (A. W. B. Powell, 1951)
  • Adelomelon subnodosa (Leach, 1814): synonym of Odontocymbiola magellanica (Gmelin, 1791)

References

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  1. ^ Dall (1906). Nautilus 19: 143.
  2. ^ a b 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 riosi Clench & Turner, 1964. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  6. ^ Adelomelon brasiliana (Lamarck, 1811). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  7. ^ Adelomelon ferussacii (Donovan, 1824). 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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