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Adelomelon

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Superfamily
  
Muricoidea

Subfamily
  
Cymbiinae

Rank
  
Genus

Class
  
Gastropoda

Family
  
Volutidae

Phylum
  
Mollusca

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Similar
  
Volutidae, Zidona dufresnei, Voluta, Alcithoe, Buccinanops

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

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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:

  • Adelomelon ancilla (Lightfoot, 1786)
  • Adelomelon beckii (Broderip, 1836)
  • Adelomelon riosi Clench & Turner, 1964
    • Subgenus Adelomelon (Pachycymbiola) Ihering, 1907
  • Adelomelon brasiliana (Lamarck, 1811)
  • Adelomelon ferussacii (Donovan, 1824)
  • Adelomelon scoresbyana (Powell, 1951)
    • 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)

    • References

    Adelomelon Wikipedia
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