| Adelomelon | |
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| shell of Adelomelon beckii | |
| Scientific 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] | |
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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 ancilla (Lightfoot, 1786)[3]
 - Adelomelon beckii (Broderip, 1836)[4]
 - Adelomelon brasiliana (Lamarck, 1811)[5]
 - Adelomelon ferussacii (Donovan, 1824)[6]
 - † Adelomelon posei F. Scarabino, Martinez, del Río, Oleinik, Camacho & Zinsmeister, 2004
 - Adelomelon riosi Clench & Turner, 1964[7]
 - Adelomelon scoresbyana (Powell, 1951)[8]
 - † 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 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 subnodosa (Leach, 1814): synonym of Odontocymbiola magellanica (Gmelin, 1791)
 
References
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- ↑ Dall (1906). Nautilus 19: 143.
 - 1 2 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 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 riosi Clench & Turner, 1964. 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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