Adelomelon

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

Adelomelon
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]
Type species
Voluta ancilla Lightfoot, 1786
Synonyms[2]
  • Adelomelon (Adelomelon) sensu stricto
  • Gilvostia Iredale, 1937
  • Janeithoe Pilsbry & Olsson, 1854
  • Weaveria Clench & Turner, 1964

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:

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)
  • Adelomelon paradoxa (Lahille, 1895): synonym of Odontocymbiola magellanica (Gmelin, 1791)
  • Adelomelon subnodosa (Leach, 1814): synonym of Odontocymbiola magellanica (Gmelin, 1791)
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References
  1. Dall (1906). Nautilus 19: 143.
  2. 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 brasiliana (Lamarck, 1811). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  6. Adelomelon ferussacii (Donovan, 1824). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  7. Adelomelon riosi Clench & Turner, 1964. 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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