Adelomelon | |
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shell of Adelomelon beckii | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
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] | |
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Adelomelon is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Volutidae. [2]
The medium-sized to large shell is smooth or knobbed. The protoconch is small and smooth with or without a calcarella.
Species within the genus Adelomelon include: