Adelomelon Explained
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
