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 ancillaLightfoot, 1786
Synonyms [2]
Adelomelon (Adelomelon)Dall, 1906 Adelomelon (Weaveria)Clench & R. D. Turner, 1964 † EoscaphellaStilwell & Zinsmeister, 1992 · JaneithoePilsbry & Olsson, 1854 WeaveriaClench & 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 indigestusVon 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). Nautilus19: 143.
2. 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.

External links

• 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