Adelomelon ancilla

Adelomelon ancilla
	Shell of Adelomelon ancilla (syntype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Volutidae
Genus:	Adelomelon
Species:	A. ancilla
Binomial name
	Adelomelon ancilla; (Lightfoot, 1786)
Synonyms
	Adelomelon barattinii Klappenbach & Ureta, 1966; Adelomelon (Adelomelon) ancilla (Lightfoot, 1786); Voluta ancilla Lightfoot, 1786 (basionym); Voluta arnheimi (Rivers, 1891); Voluta bracata Mabille & Rochebrune, 1889; Voluta magellanica Lamarck, 1811; Voluta martensi Strebel, 1906; Voluta spectabilis Gmelin, 1791;

Adelomelon ancilla is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Volutidae, the volutes.^[1]

Description

The length of the shell varies between 190 mm and 197 mm, its diameter between 64 mm and 67 mm.

(Described in Latin as Voluta bracata) The shell is oblong-fusiform, somewhat ventricose, and moderately thick. Its color is yellowish-brown, sometimes painted with reddish flames. The spire is conically elongated, with a papillary apex. It has seven somewhat convex whorls, and they are separated by a roughly submarginally-toothed suture. The body whorl is the largest, exceeding two-thirds of the total height. It is ovate-ventricose, strongly and longitudinally descending toward the aperture, and is slightly attenuated at the base. The aperture is elongated-oblong, is acute at the top, and is widely emarginated at the base. The peristome is subcontinuous. The outer lip is slightly incurved, acute, slightly thickened, and effuse. The columellar lip is somewhat straight, rounded, and is covered by a moderately thick plate originating from the insertion of the right margin and extending all the way to the base of the shell. The columella is three- or four-plicate.^[2]

Distribution and habitat

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

References

^ ^a ^b Adelomelon ancilla (Lightfoot, 1786). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
^ 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 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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

[WoRMS-1] Adelomelon ancilla (Lightfoot, 1786). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.

[2] 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 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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