Adelomelon ancilla explained

Adelomelon ancilla is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Volutidae, the volutes.

Distribution and habitat

This marine species occurs off Uruguay, Argentina, Chile, and Falkland Islands.

References

• Klappenbach, M. A.; Ureta, E. H. (1966). Nueva especie de la familia Volutidae (Moll., Gastropoda) obtenida al sur de la Isla de Lobos, Uruguay. Comunicaciones Zoologicas del Museo de Historia Natural de Montevideo. 9 (111): 1-6
• Bail, P & Poppe, G. T. 2001. A conchological iconography: a taxonomic introduction of the recent Volutidae. Hackenheim-Conchbook, 30 pp, 5 pl.

External links

• Lightfoot, J. (1786). A Catalogue of the Portland Museum, lately the property of the Dutchess Dowager of Portland, deceased; which will be sold by auction by Mr. Skinner & Co. (book). London. viii + 194 pp
• Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Vermes. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 13. Tome 1(6). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae
• Rochebrune A.-T. de & Mabille, J. (1889). Mollusques. in: Mission Scientifique du Cap Horn 1882-1883. Tome 6 (Zoologie 2, part 8). Paris, Gauthiers-Villars. H.1-H.129, pls. 1-8
• Strebel, H. (1906). Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Molluskenfauna der Magalhaen-Provinz. No. 4. Zoologische Jahrbücher, Abteilung für Systematik, Geographie und Biologie der Tiere. 24: 91-174, pls 7-13
• Rivers, J. J. (1891). A new volutoid shell from Monterey Bay. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, new series. 3: 107