''Adelomelon'' is a
genus
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of
sea snails,
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gastropod mollusk
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s in the
family
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Volutidae
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Distribution
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.
Description
The medium-sized to large shell is smooth or knobbed. The
protoconch
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is small and smooth with or without a calcarella.
Species
Species within the genus ''Adelomelon'' include:
* ''
Adelomelon ancilla''
(Lightfoot, 1786)
* ''
Adelomelon beckii''
(Broderip, 1836)
* ''
Adelomelon brasiliana''
(Lamarck, 1811)
* ''
Adelomelon ferussacii''
(Donovan, 1824)
* † ''
Adelomelon posei''
F. Scarabino, Martinez, del Río, Oleinik, Camacho & Zinsmeister, 2004
* ''
Adelomelon riosi''
Clench & Turner, 1964
* ''
Adelomelon scoresbyana''
(Powell, 1951)
* † ''
Adelomelon valdesiense''
F. Scarabino, Martinez, del Río, Oleinik, Camacho & Zinsmeister, 2004
;Species brought into synonymy:
* ''Adelomelon barattinii'' Klappen
bach & 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)
References
* Bail P. & Poppe G.T. 2001. ''A conchological iconography: a taxonomic introduction of the recent Volutidae''. ConchBooks, Hackenheim. 30 pp, 5 pl.
External links
Volutidae
{{Volutidae-stub