Adelomelon beckii

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Adelomelon beckii
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shell of Adelomelon beckii
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Volutidae
Genus: Adelomelon
Species:
A. beckii
Binomial name
Adelomelon beckii
(Broderip, 1836)
Synonyms [1]
  • Adelomelon indigestusVon Ihering, 1908
  • Adelomelon (Adelomelon) beckii(Broderip, 1836)
  • Voluta festivad'Orbigny, 1841
  • Voluta fusiformisKiener, 1839

Adelomelon beckii, common name the Beck's volute, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Volutidae, the volutes. [1]

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Description

The length of the shell varies between 150 mm and 495 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Atlantic coast of South America and off the Falkland Islands.

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