Arctomelon stearnsii

Arctomelon stearnsii
Shell of Arctomelon stearnsii (specimen at the Smithsonian Institution)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Volutidae
Genus:	Arctomelon
Species:	A. stearnsii
Binomial name
Arctomelon stearnsii (Dall, 1872)
Synonyms [1]
Voluta stearnsiiDall, 1872 (basionym)

Arctomelon stearnsii is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Volutidae, the volutes. ^[1] The species is divided into two subspecies:

• Arctomelon stearnsii ryosukeiHabe & Ito, 1965
• Arctomelon stearnsii stearnsii(Dall, 1872)

References

1. Arctomelon stearnsii (Dall, 1872) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 29 July 2012.

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