Adelomelon ancilla | |
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Shell of Adelomelon ancilla (syntype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Family: | Volutidae |
Genus: | Adelomelon |
Species: | A. ancilla |
Binomial name | |
Adelomelon ancilla (Lightfoot, 1786) | |
Synonyms [1] | |
Adelomelon ancilla is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Volutidae, the volutes. [1]
This marine species occurs off Uruguay, Argentina, Chile, and Falkland Islands.
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