WoRMS taxon details
Adelomelon Dall, 1906
382310 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:382310)
accepted
Genus
Voluta ancilla [Lightfoot], 1786 accepted as Adelomelon ancilla ([Lightfoot], 1786) (type by original designation)
Adelomelon (Adelomelon) Dall, 1906 · unaccepted
Adelomelon (Weaveria) Clench & R. D. Turner, 1964 · unaccepted
Eoscaphella Stilwell & Zinsmeister, 1992 † · unaccepted
Janeithoe Pilsbry & Olsson, 1954 · unaccepted (synonym)
Weaveria Clench & R. D. Turner, 1964 · unaccepted (synonym)
Species Adelomelon ancilla ([Lightfoot], 1786)
Species Adelomelon beckii (Broderip, 1836)
Species Adelomelon riosi Clench & R. D. Turner, 1964
Subgenus Adelomelon (Adelomelon) Dall, 1906 accepted as Adelomelon Dall, 1906
Species Adelomelon barattinii Klappenbach & Ureta, 1966 accepted as Adelomelon (Adelomelon) ancilla ([Lightfoot], 1786) accepted as Adelomelon ancilla ([Lightfoot], 1786) (synonym)
Species Adelomelon brasilianum (Lamarck, 1811) accepted as Pachycymbiola brasiliana (Lamarck, 1811)
Species Adelomelon ferussacii (Donovan, 1824) accepted as Pachycymbiola ferussacii (Donovan, 1824)
Species Adelomelon indigestus Ihering, 1908 accepted as Adelomelon (Adelomelon) beckii (Broderip, 1836) accepted as Adelomelon beckii (Broderip, 1836) (synonym)
Species Adelomelon paradoxa (Lahille, 1895) accepted as Odontocymbiola magellanica (Gmelin, 1791)
Species Adelomelon scoresbyanum (Powell, 1951) accepted as Pachycymbiola scoresbyana (Powell, 1951)
Species Adelomelon subnodosum (Leach, 1814) accepted as Odontocymbiola magellanica (Gmelin, 1791)
Species Adelomelon beckii (Broderip, 1836)
Species Adelomelon riosi Clench & R. D. Turner, 1964
Subgenus Adelomelon (Adelomelon) Dall, 1906 accepted as Adelomelon Dall, 1906
» Species Adelomelon (Adelomelon) ancilla ([Lightfoot], 1786) accepted as Adelomelon ancilla ([Lightfoot], 1786)
» Species Adelomelon (Adelomelon) beckii (Broderip, 1836) accepted as Adelomelon beckii (Broderip, 1836)
» Species Adelomelon (Adelomelon) riosi Clench & R. D. Turner, 1964 accepted as Adelomelon riosi Clench & R. D. Turner, 1964
Subgenus Adelomelon (Pachycymbiola) Ihering, 1907 accepted as Pachycymbiola Ihering, 1907» Species Adelomelon (Adelomelon) beckii (Broderip, 1836) accepted as Adelomelon beckii (Broderip, 1836)
» Species Adelomelon (Adelomelon) riosi Clench & R. D. Turner, 1964 accepted as Adelomelon riosi Clench & R. D. Turner, 1964
» Species Adelomelon (Pachycymbiola) brasilianum (Lamarck, 1811) accepted as Pachycymbiola brasiliana (Lamarck, 1811)
» Species Adelomelon (Pachycymbiola) ferussacii (Donovan, 1824) accepted as Pachycymbiola ferussacii (Donovan, 1824)
» Species Adelomelon (Pachycymbiola) scoresbyanum (Powell, 1951) accepted as Pachycymbiola scoresbyana (Powell, 1951)
Subgenus Adelomelon (Weaveria) Clench & R. D. Turner, 1964 accepted as Adelomelon Dall, 1906» Species Adelomelon (Pachycymbiola) ferussacii (Donovan, 1824) accepted as Pachycymbiola ferussacii (Donovan, 1824)
» Species Adelomelon (Pachycymbiola) scoresbyanum (Powell, 1951) accepted as Pachycymbiola scoresbyana (Powell, 1951)
Species Adelomelon barattinii Klappenbach & Ureta, 1966 accepted as Adelomelon (Adelomelon) ancilla ([Lightfoot], 1786) accepted as Adelomelon ancilla ([Lightfoot], 1786) (synonym)
Species Adelomelon brasilianum (Lamarck, 1811) accepted as Pachycymbiola brasiliana (Lamarck, 1811)
Species Adelomelon ferussacii (Donovan, 1824) accepted as Pachycymbiola ferussacii (Donovan, 1824)
Species Adelomelon indigestus Ihering, 1908 accepted as Adelomelon (Adelomelon) beckii (Broderip, 1836) accepted as Adelomelon beckii (Broderip, 1836) (synonym)
Species Adelomelon paradoxa (Lahille, 1895) accepted as Odontocymbiola magellanica (Gmelin, 1791)
Species Adelomelon scoresbyanum (Powell, 1951) accepted as Pachycymbiola scoresbyana (Powell, 1951)
Species Adelomelon subnodosum (Leach, 1814) accepted as Odontocymbiola magellanica (Gmelin, 1791)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
neuter
Dall, W. H. (1906). Note on some names in the Volutidae. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 19(12): 143-144., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27052172 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Adelomelon Dall, 1906. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=382310 on 2023-10-02
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original description
Dall, W. H. (1906). Note on some names in the Volutidae. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 19(12): 143-144., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27052172 [details]
original description (of Janeithoe Pilsbry & Olsson, 1954) Pilsbry, H. A. & Olsson, A. A. (1954). Systems of the Volutidae. <em>Bulletins of American Paleontology.</em> 35(152): 1-36 [271-306], pls 1-4 [25-28]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10576508
page(s): 295 [25] [details]
original description (of Eoscaphella Stilwell & Zinsmeister, 1992 †) Stilwell, J.D. & Zinsmeister, W.J. (1992) Molluscan systematics and biostratigraphy Lower Tertiary La Meseta Formation, Seymour Island, Antarctic Peninsula. Antarctic Research Series, 55, ix + 1–192., available online at https://doi.org/10.1029/AR055
page(s): 142 [details] Available for editors
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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]
original description (of Janeithoe Pilsbry & Olsson, 1954) Pilsbry, H. A. & Olsson, A. A. (1954). Systems of the Volutidae. <em>Bulletins of American Paleontology.</em> 35(152): 1-36 [271-306], pls 1-4 [25-28]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10576508
page(s): 295 [25] [details]
original description (of Eoscaphella Stilwell & Zinsmeister, 1992 †) Stilwell, J.D. & Zinsmeister, W.J. (1992) Molluscan systematics and biostratigraphy Lower Tertiary La Meseta Formation, Seymour Island, Antarctic Peninsula. Antarctic Research Series, 55, ix + 1–192., available online at https://doi.org/10.1029/AR055
page(s): 142 [details] Available for editors
[request] 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]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Diagnosis Shell medium to large, smooth or knobbed. Protoconch small, smooth with or without a calcarella. [details]Grammatical gender Neuter, as terminated with the Greek word μήλον, an apple or similar fruit. Has consistently been misunderstood as feminine in the literature [details]
From other sources
Habitat Known from seamounts and knolls [details]
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