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

Species brought into synonymy

  • Adelomelon barattinii Klappenbach & Ureta, 1966 : synonym of Adelomelon (Adelomelon) ancilla (Lightfoot, 1786) represented as Adelomelon ancilla (Lightfoot, 1786)
  • Adelomelon brasilianum (Lamarck, 1811): synonym of Pachycymbiola brasiliana (Lamarck, 1811)
  • Adelomelon ferussacii (Donovan, 1824): synonym of Pachycymbiola ferussacii (Donovan, 1824)
  • Adelomelon indigestus Von Ihering, 1908: synonym of Adelomelon (Adelomelon) beckii (Broderip, 1836) represented as Adelomelon beckii (Broderip, 1836)
  • Adelomelon paradoxa (Lahille, 1895): synonym of Odontocymbiola magellanica (Gmelin, 1791)
  • Adelomelon scoresbyanum (Powell, 1951): synonym of Pachycymbiola scoresbyana (A. W. B. Powell, 1951)
  • Adelomelon subnodosa (Leach, 1814): synonym of Odontocymbiola magellanica (Gmelin, 1791)
  • Bail P. & Poppe G.T. 2001. A conchological iconography: a taxonomic introduction of the recent Volutidae. ConchBooks, Hackenheim. 30 pp, 5 pl.

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