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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 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 Klappenbach & 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): 143-144
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

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• Adelomelon
• Pachycymbiola brasiliana
• Pachycymbiola scoresbyana
• Pachycymbiola ferussacii
• Adelomelon beckii
• Adelomelon riosi
• Odontocymbiola simulatrix
• Adelomelon ancilla
• Pachycymbiola
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