WoRMS taxon details
Miomelon Dall, 1907
197005 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:197005)
accepted
Genus
Volutilithes philippiana Dall, 1890 accepted as Miomelon philippianum (Dall, 1890) (type by original designation)
Proscaphella Ihering, 1907 † · unaccepted (synonym)
- Species Miomelon alarconi Stuardo & Villarroel, 1974
- Species Miomelon eltanini Dell, 1990
- Species Miomelon philippianum (Dall, 1890)
- Species Miomelon turnerae Dell, 1990
- Subgenus Miomelon (Argentovoluta) Vazquez & Caldini, 1989 accepted as Argentovoluta Vazquez & Caldini, 1989
- Species Miomelon bottai Vazquez & Caldini, 1989 accepted as Argentovoluta bottai (Vazquez & Caldini, 1989)
- Species Miomelon malvina Kaiser, 1977 accepted as Pachycymbiola scoresbyana (A. W. B. Powell, 1951)
- Species Miomelon scoresbyanum A. W. B. Powell, 1951 accepted as Pachycymbiola scoresbyana (A. W. B. Powell, 1951) (original combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
neuter
Not documented
MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Miomelon Dall, 1907. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=197005 on 2024-09-23
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2006-09-25 06:54:45Z
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Martinez, Olga
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original description
(of Proscaphella Ihering, 1907 †) Ihering, H. von. (1907). Les mollusques fossiles du Tertiaire et du Crétacé supérieur de l'Argentine. <em>Anales del Museo Nacional de Buenos Aires.</em> ser. 3, 7: xiii, 1–611, 18 pls., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/50857
page(s): 100, 202, 205 [details]
basis of record Bail, P.; Poppe, G.T. (2001). A conchological iconography: a taxonomic introduction of the recent Volutidae. <em>ConchBooks, Hackenheim.</em> 30 pp, 5 pl. (updated October 2008 for WoRMS). [details]
additional source Dell, R. K. (1990). Antarctic Mollusca with special reference to the fauna of the Ross Sea. Bulletin of the Royal Society of New Zealand, Wellington 27: 1–311 [details]
page(s): 100, 202, 205 [details]
basis of record Bail, P.; Poppe, G.T. (2001). A conchological iconography: a taxonomic introduction of the recent Volutidae. <em>ConchBooks, Hackenheim.</em> 30 pp, 5 pl. (updated October 2008 for WoRMS). [details]
additional source Dell, R. K. (1990). Antarctic Mollusca with special reference to the fauna of the Ross Sea. Bulletin of the Royal Society of New Zealand, Wellington 27: 1–311 [details]
From editor or global species database
Diagnosis Small, broadly fusiform. Protoconch very small, smooth. Teleoconch axially and spirally sculptured.Radula with prong-like central cups. [details]