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Adelomelon Posei
''Adelomelon'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Volutidae. 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 ancilla'' (Lightfoot, 1786) * ''Adelomelon beckii'' (Broderip, 1836) * ''Adelomelon brasiliana'' (Lamarck, 1811) * ''Adelomelon ferussacii'' (Donovan, 1824) * † ''Adelomelon posei'' F. Scarabino, Martinez, del Río, Oleinik, Camacho & Zinsmeister, 2004 * ''Adelomelon riosi'' Clench & Turner, 1964 * ''Adelomelon scoresbyana'' (Powell, 1951) * † ''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 indigestus'' Von Iherin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adelomelon Beckii
''Adelomelon beckii'', common name the Beck's volute, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Volutidae, the volutes. 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 The Falkland Islands (; es, Islas Malvinas, link=no ) is an archipelago in the South Atlantic Ocean on the Patagonian Shelf. The principal islands are about east of South America's southern Patagonian coast and about from Cape Dubouzet .... References * Bail, P & Poppe, G. T. 2001. ''A conchological iconography: a taxonomic introduction of the recent Volutidae''. Hackenheim-Conchbook, 30 pp, 5 pl. External links * Volutidae Gastropods described in 1836 {{Volutidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |