Adelomelon

Adelomelon
shell of Adelomelon beckii
Scientific classification
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]
  • Adelomelon (Adelomelon) Dall, 1906
  • Adelomelon (Weaveria) Clench & R. D. Turner, 1964
  • Eoscaphella Stilwell & Zinsmeister, 1992 ·
  • Janeithoe Pilsbry & Olsson, 1854
  • Weaveria Clench & Turner, 1964

Adelomelon is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Volutidae.[2]

Taxonomy

Adelomelon Dall; new name for the dull-colored group of South American volutes usually called Scaphella, but not the Scaphella of Swainson, 1832. [3]

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)[4]
  • Adelomelon beckii (Broderip, 1836)[5]
  • 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[6]
  • 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):[7] synonym of Pachycymbiola brasiliana (Lamarck, 1811)
  • Adelomelon ferussacii (Donovan, 1824):[8] 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):[9] synonym of Pachycymbiola scoresbyana (A. W. B. Powell, 1951)
  • Adelomelon subnodosa (Leach, 1814): synonym of Odontocymbiola magellanica (Gmelin, 1791)

References

  1. ^ Dall (1906). Nautilus 19: 143.
  2. ^ a b Adelomelon Dall, 1906. 25 April 2010. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
  3. ^ Dall, W. H. (1906). Note on some names in the Volutidae. The Nautilus. 19(12): 143-144 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  4. ^ Adelomelon ancilla (Lightfoot, 1786). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  5. ^ Adelomelon beckii (Broderip, 1836). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  6. ^ Adelomelon riosi Clench & Turner, 1964. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  7. ^ Adelomelon brasiliana (Lamarck, 1811). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  8. ^ Adelomelon ferussacii (Donovan, 1824). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  9. ^ 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.