''Adelomelon'' is a

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Volutidae Volutidae, common name volutes, are a taxonomic family of predatory sea snails that range in size from 9 mm to over 500 mm. They are marine gastropod mollusks. Most of the species have no operculum. Distribution This family of sea s ...

Description

The medium-sized to large shell is smooth or knobbed. The

protoconch A protoconch (meaning first or earliest or original shell) is an embryonic or larval shell which occurs in some classes of molluscs, e.g., the initial chamber of an ammonite or the larval shell of a gastropod. In older texts it is also called " ...

is small and smooth with or without a calcarella.

Species

Species within the genus ''Adelomelon'' include: * † ''

Adelomelon altum ''Adelomelon'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Volutidae. Description The medium-sized to large shell is smooth or knobbed. The protoconch is small and smooth with or without a calcarella. Species Species wit ...

'' (G. B. Sowerby I, 1846) * '' Adelomelon ancilla'' (Lightfoot, 1786) * ''

Adelomelon beckii ''Adelomelon'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Volutidae. Description The medium-sized to large shell is smooth or knobbed. The protoconch A protoconch (meaning first or earliest or original shell) is an e ...

'' (Broderip, 1836) * † ''

Adelomelon cannada ''Adelomelon'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Volutidae. Description The medium-sized to large shell is smooth or knobbed. The protoconch is small and smooth with or without a calcarella. Species Species wit ...

'' (Ihering, 1907) * † ''

Adelomelon caupolicani ''Adelomelon'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Volutidae. Description The medium-sized to large shell is smooth or knobbed. The protoconch is small and smooth with or without a calcarella. Species Species wit ...

'' S. N. Nielsen & Frassinetti, 2007 * † ''

Adelomelon colocoloi ''Adelomelon'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Volutidae. Description The medium-sized to large shell is smooth or knobbed. The protoconch is small and smooth with or without a calcarella. Species Species wit ...

'' S. N. Nielsen & Frassinetti, 2007 * † ''

Adelomelon ellioti ''Adelomelon'' is a genus of sea snails, marine (ocean), marine gastropod mollusks in the family (biology), family Volutidae. Description The medium-sized to large shell is smooth or knobbed. The protoconch is small and smooth with or without a ...

'' (Stilwell & Zinsmeister, 1992) * † ''

Adelomelon fordycei ''Adelomelon'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Volutidae. Description The medium-sized to large shell is smooth or knobbed. The protoconch is small and smooth with or without a calcarella. Species Species wit ...

'' (Stilwell & Zinsmeister, 1992) * † ''

Adelomelon obesum ''Adelomelon'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Volutidae. Description The medium-sized to large shell is smooth or knobbed. The protoconch is small and smooth with or without a calcarella. Species Species wit ...

'' (R. A. Philippi, 1887) * † ''

Adelomelon pilsbryi ''Adelomelon'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Volutidae. Description The medium-sized to large shell is smooth or knobbed. The protoconch is small and smooth with or without a calcarella. Species Species wit ...

'' (Ihering, 1899) * † ''

Adelomelon posei ''Adelomelon'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Volutidae. Description The medium-sized to large shell is smooth or knobbed. The protoconch is small and smooth with or without a calcarella. Species Species wit ...

'' F. Scarabino, Martinez, del Río, Oleinik, Camacho & Zinsmeister, 2004 * † ''

Adelomelon reconditum ''Adelomelon'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Volutidae. Description The medium-sized to large shell is smooth or knobbed. The protoconch is small and smooth with or without a calcarella. Species Species wit ...

'' Frassinetti, 2000 * ''

Adelomelon riosi ''Adelomelon'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Volutidae. Description The medium-sized to large shell is smooth or knobbed. The protoconch A protoconch (meaning first or earliest or original shell) is an e ...

'' Clench & Turner, 1964 * † ''

Adelomelon suropsilos ''Adelomelon'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Volutidae. Description The medium-sized to large shell is smooth or knobbed. The protoconch is small and smooth with or without a calcarella. Species Species wit ...

'' (Stilwell & Zinsmeister, 1992) * † ''

Adelomelon valdesiense ''Adelomelon'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Volutidae. Description The medium-sized to large shell is smooth or knobbed. The protoconch A protoconch (meaning first or earliest or original shell) is an e ...

'' F. Scarabino, Martinez, del Río, Oleinik, Camacho & Zinsmeister, 2004 ;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): synonym of ''

Pachycymbiola brasiliana ''Pachycymbiola brasiliana'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Volutidae Volutidae, common name volutes, are a taxonomic family of predatory sea snails that range in size from 9 mm to over 500 mm. ...

'' (Lamarck, 1811) * ''Adelomelon ferussacii'' (Donovan, 1824): synonym of ''

Pachycymbiola ferussacii ''Pachycymbiola ferussacii'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Volutidae Volutidae, common name volutes, are a taxonomic family of predatory sea snails that range in size from 9 mm to over 500 mm. ...

'' (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 ''Odontocymbiola magellanica'', also known as the Magellan whelk or Magellan Venus, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Volutidae, the volutes. It is the largest extant species of volute in the world, reaching up ...

'' (Gmelin, 1791) * ''Adelomelon scoresbyanum'' (Powell, 1951): synonym of ''

Pachycymbiola scoresbyana ''Pachycymbiola scoresbyanum'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Volutidae Volutidae, common name volutes, are a taxonomic family of predatory sea snails that range in size from 9 mm to over 500 mm ...

'' (A. W. B. Powell, 1951) * ''Adelomelon subnodosa'' (Leach, 1814): synonym of ''

'' (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

Dall, W. H. (1906). Note on some names in the Volutidae. The Nautilus. 19(12): 143-144

Pilsbry, H. A. & Olsson, A. A. (1954). Systems of the Volutidae. Bulletins of American Paleontology. 35(152): 1-36

Clench, W. J. & Turner, R. D. (1964). The subfamilies Volutinae, Zidoninae, Odontocymbiolinae and Calliotectinae in the Western Atlantic. Johnsonia. 4: 129-180

Stilwell, J. D.; Zinsmeister, W. J. (1992). Molluscan Systematics and Biostratigraphy. Lower Tertiary La Meseta Formation, Seymour Island, Antarctic Peninsula. Antarctic Research Series 55. American Geophysical Union, Washington, D.C., ix + 192 pp
Volutidae {{Volutidae-stub