Adelomelon

Adelomelon is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Volutidae.

Taxonomy

Adelomelon Dall; new name for the dull-colored group of South American volutes usually called Scaphella, but not the Scaphella of Swainson, 1832.

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 altum <small>(G. B. Sowerby I, 1846)</small>
• Adelomelon ancilla <small>(Lightfoot, 1786)</small>
• Adelomelon beckii <small>(Broderip, 1836)</small>
• † Adelomelon cannada <small>(Ihering, 1907)</small>
• † Adelomelon caupolicani <small>S. N. Nielsen & Frassinetti, 2007</small>
• † Adelomelon colocoloi <small>S. N. Nielsen & Frassinetti, 2007</small>
• † Adelomelon ellioti <small>(Stilwell & Zinsmeister, 1992)</small>
• † Adelomelon fordycei <small>(Stilwell & Zinsmeister, 1992)</small>
• † Adelomelon obesum <small>(R. A. Philippi, 1887)</small>
• † Adelomelon pilsbryi <small>(Ihering, 1899)</small>
• † Adelomelon posei <small>F. Scarabino, Martinez, del Río, Oleinik, Camacho & Zinsmeister, 2004</small>
• † Adelomelon reconditum <small>Frassinetti, 2000</small>
• Adelomelon riosi <small>Clench & Turner, 1964</small>
• † Adelomelon suropsilos <small>(Stilwell & Zinsmeister, 1992)</small>
• † Adelomelon valdesiense <small>F. Scarabino, Martinez, del Río, Oleinik, Camacho & Zinsmeister, 2004</small>

Species brought into synonymy:

• Adelomelon barattinii Klappen<small>bach & Ureta, 1966</small> : synonym of Adelomelon (Adelomelon) ancilla (Lightfoot, 1786) represented as Adelomelon ancilla <small>(Lightfoot, 1786)</small>
• Adelomelon brasilianum <small>(Lamarck, 1811)</small>: synonym of Pachycymbiola brasiliana <small>(Lamarck, 1811)</small>
• Adelomelon ferussacii <small>(Donovan, 1824)</small>: synonym of Pachycymbiola ferussacii <small>(Donovan, 1824)</small>
• Adelomelon indigestus <small>Von Ihering, 1908</small>: synonym of Adelomelon (Adelomelon) beckii (Broderip, 1836) represented as Adelomelon beckii <small>(Broderip, 1836)</small>
• Adelomelon paradoxa <small>(Lahille, 1895)</small>: synonym of Odontocymbiola magellanica <small>(Gmelin, 1791)</small>
• Adelomelon scoresbyanum <small>(Powell, 1951)</small>: synonym of Pachycymbiola scoresbyana <small>(A. W. B. Powell, 1951)</small>
• Adelomelon subnodosa <small>(Leach, 1814)</small>: synonym of Odontocymbiola magellanica <small>(Gmelin, 1791)</small>

References

• Bail P. & Poppe G.T. 2001. A conchological iconography: a taxonomic introduction of the recent Volutidae. ConchBooks, Hackenheim. 30 pp, 5 pl.

External links

• Pilsbry, H. A. & Olsson, A. A. (1954). Systems of the Volutidae. Bulletins of American Paleontology. 35(152): 1-36
• Clench, W. J. & Turner, R. D. (1964). The subfamilies Volutinae, Zidoninae, Odontocymbiolinae and Calliotectinae in the Western Atlantic. Johnsonia. 4: 129-180
• Stilwell, J. D.; Zinsmeister, W. J. (1992). Molluscan Systematics and Biostratigraphy. Lower Tertiary La Meseta Formation, Seymour Island, Antarctic Peninsula. Antarctic Research Series 55. American Geophysical Union, Washington, D.C., ix + 192 pp