Deep-Sea taxon details
Adelomelon Dall, 1906
382310 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:382310)
accepted
Genus
Adelomelon (Adelomelon) Dall, 1906 · unaccepted
- Species Adelomelon ancilla ([Lightfoot], 1786)
- Subgenus Adelomelon (Adelomelon) Dall, 1906 accepted as Adelomelon Dall, 1906
- Species Adelomelon (Adelomelon) ancilla ([Lightfoot], 1786) accepted as Adelomelon ancilla ([Lightfoot], 1786) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Adelomelon barattinii Klappenbach & Ureta, 1966 accepted as Adelomelon (Adelomelon) ancilla ([Lightfoot], 1786) accepted as Adelomelon ancilla ([Lightfoot], 1786) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
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. (2025). MolluscaBase. Adelomelon Dall, 1906. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=382310 on 2025-11-08
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Adelomelon Dall, 1906. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=382310 on 2025-11-08
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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]
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]
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]
Unreviewed
Habitat Known from seamounts and knolls [details]
Unreviewed
Image from typetaxon
