Adelomelon

Genus of gastropods

Adelomelon
shell of Adelomelon beckii
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Volutidae
Tribe: Adelomelonini
Genus: Adelomelon
Dall, 1906[1]
Type species
Voluta ancilla Lightfoot, 1786
Synonyms[2]
  • Adelomelon (Adelomelon) Dall, 1906
  • Adelomelon (Weaveria) Clench & R. D. Turner, 1964
  • Eoscaphella Stilwell & Zinsmeister, 1992 ·
  • Janeithoe Pilsbry & Olsson, 1854
  • Weaveria Clench & Turner, 1964

Adelomelon is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Volutidae.[2]

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 altum (G. B. Sowerby I, 1846)
  • Adelomelon ancilla (Lightfoot, 1786)[3]
  • Adelomelon beckii (Broderip, 1836)[4]
  • 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[5]
  • Adelomelon suropsilos (Stilwell & Zinsmeister, 1992)
  • Adelomelon valdesiense 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):[6] synonym of Pachycymbiola brasiliana (Lamarck, 1811)
  • Adelomelon ferussacii (Donovan, 1824):[7] 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):[8] synonym of Pachycymbiola scoresbyana (A. W. B. Powell, 1951)
  • Adelomelon subnodosa (Leach, 1814): synonym of Odontocymbiola magellanica (Gmelin, 1791)

References

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  1. ^ Dall (1906). Nautilus 19: 143.
  2. ^ a b Adelomelon Dall, 1906. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  3. ^ Adelomelon ancilla (Lightfoot, 1786). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  4. ^ Adelomelon beckii (Broderip, 1836). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  5. ^ Adelomelon riosi Clench & Turner, 1964. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  6. ^ Adelomelon brasiliana (Lamarck, 1811). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  7. ^ Adelomelon ferussacii (Donovan, 1824). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  8. ^ Adelomelon scoresbyana (Powell, 1951). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  • Bail P. & Poppe G.T. 2001. A conchological iconography: a taxonomic introduction of the recent Volutidae. ConchBooks, Hackenheim. 30 pp, 5 pl.
  • 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
Taxon identifiers
Adelomelon
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