''Adelomelon'' is a
genus
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of
sea snail
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s,
marine gastropod
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This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, freshwater, and fro ...
mollusk
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s in the
family
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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''
(G. B. Sowerby I, 1846)
* ''
Adelomelon ancilla''
(Lightfoot, 1786)
* ''
Adelomelon beckii''
(Broderip, 1836)
* † ''
Adelomelon cannada''
(Ihering, 1907)
* † ''
Adelomelon caupolicani''
S. N. Nielsen & Frassinetti, 2007
* † ''
Adelomelon colocoloi''
S. N. Nielsen & Frassinetti, 2007
* † ''
Adelomelon ellioti''
(Stilwell & Zinsmeister, 1992)
* † ''
Adelomelon fordycei''
(Stilwell & Zinsmeister, 1992)
* † ''
Adelomelon obesum''
(R. A. Philippi, 1887)
* † ''
Adelomelon pilsbryi''
(Ihering, 1899)
* † ''
Adelomelon posei''
F. Scarabino, Martinez, del Río, Oleinik, Camacho & Zinsmeister, 2004
* † ''
Adelomelon reconditum''
Frassinetti, 2000
* ''
Adelomelon riosi''
Clench & Turner, 1964
* † ''
Adelomelon suropsilos''
(Stilwell & Zinsmeister, 1992)
* † ''
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 brasilianum''
(Lamarck, 1811): synonym of ''
Pachycymbiola brasiliana''
(Lamarck, 1811)
* ''Adelomelon ferussacii''
(Donovan, 1824): 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):
synonym of ''
Pachycymbiola scoresbyana''
(A. W. B. Powell, 1951)
* ''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
Dall, W. H. (1906). Note on some names in the Volutidae. The Nautilus. 19(12): 143-144Pilsbry, 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: 129-180Stilwell, 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
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