Adelomelon ancilla

Adelomelon ancilla
	Shell of Adelomelon ancilla (syntype at MNHN, Paris)
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]

Description

This marine species occurs off Uruguay, Argentine and Chile. Falkland Islands

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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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