Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Spiralia
Cladus: Lophotrochozoa
Phylum: Mollusca
Classis: Gastropoda
Subclassis: Caenogastropoda
Ordo: Neogastropoda
Superfamilia: Volutoidea
Familia: Volutidae
Subfamilia: Cymbiinae
Tribus: Adelomelonini
Genus: Adelomelon
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
Dall (1906). Nautilus 19: 143.
Adelomelon Dall, 1906. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
Adelomelon ancilla (Lightfoot, 1786). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
Adelomelon beckii (Broderip, 1836). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
Adelomelon riosi Clench & Turner, 1964. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
Adelomelon brasiliana (Lamarck, 1811). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
Adelomelon ferussacii (Donovan, 1824). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
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.
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