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Adelomelon Dall, 1906 
AphiaID: 382310

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Caenogastropoda (Subclass) > Neogastropoda (Order) > Muricoidea (Superfamily) > Volutidae (Family) > Cymbiinae (Subfamily) > Adelomelonini (Tribe)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Genus
Parent Adelomelonini Pilsbry & Olsson, 1954
Synonymised
taxa		  Adelomelon (Adelomelon) sensu stricto
 Gilvostia Iredale, 1937
 Janeithoe Pilsbry & Olsson, 1954 (synonym)
 Weaveria Clench & Turner, 1964 (synonym)
Sources  basis of record: Bail P. & Poppe G.T. 2001. A conchological iconography: a taxonomic introduction of the recent Volutidae. ConchBooks, Hackenheim. 30 pp, 5 pl. (updated October 2008 for WoRMS) [details]

Direct child
taxa
[show all]		 Subgenus Adelomelon (Pachycymbiola) Ihering, 1907
  » Species Adelomelon (Pachycymbiola) brasiliana (Lamarck, 1811)
» Species Adelomelon (Pachycymbiola) ferussacii (Donovan, 1824)
» Species Adelomelon (Pachycymbiola) scoresbyana (Powell, 1951)
Species Adelomelon ancilla (Lightfoot, 1786)
Species Adelomelon beckii (Broderip, 1836)
Species Adelomelon riosi Clench & Turner, 1964

Subgenus Adelomelon (Adelomelon) sensu stricto represented as Adelomelon Dall, 1906 (alternate representation)
  » Species Adelomelon (Adelomelon) ancilla (Lightfoot, 1786) represented as Adelomelon ancilla (Lightfoot, 1786) (alternate representation)
» Species Adelomelon (Adelomelon) beckii (Broderip, 1836) represented as Adelomelon beckii (Broderip, 1836) (alternate representation)
» Species Adelomelon (Adelomelon) riosi Clench & Turner, 1964 represented as Adelomelon riosi Clench & Turner, 1964 (alternate representation)

Species Adelomelon barattinii Klappenbach & Ureta, 1966 accepted as Adelomelon (Adelomelon) ancilla (Lightfoot, 1786) represented as Adelomelon ancilla (Lightfoot, 1786)
Species Adelomelon indigestus Von Ihering, 1908 accepted as Adelomelon (Adelomelon) beckii (Broderip, 1836) represented as Adelomelon beckii (Broderip, 1836)
Environment marine
Distribution Argentinean Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Brazilian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
South Chile [details]
Uruguayan Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Link To GenBank
Notes  Diagnosis: Shell medium to large, smooth or knobbed. Protoconch small, smooth with or without a calcarella. [details]

Habitat: Known from seamounts and knolls [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:382310
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2009-02-04 10:57:56Z  created  Bail, Patrice
  
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  Citation: Bail, P. (2013). Adelomelon Dall, 1906. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=382310 on 2013-05-26
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