Adelomelon

Adelomelon is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Volutidae.^[2]

Adelomelon
shell of Adelomelon beckii
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Volutidae
Tribe:	Adelomelonini
Genus:	Adelomelon Dall, 1906[1]
Type species
Voluta ancilla Lightfoot, 1786
Synonyms[2]
Adelomelon (Adelomelon) Dall, 1906 Adelomelon (Weaveria) Clench & R. D. Turner, 1964 † Eoscaphella Stilwell & Zinsmeister, 1992 · Janeithoe Pilsbry & Olsson, 1854 Weaveria Clench & Turner, 1964

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)^[3]
• Adelomelon beckii (Broderip, 1836)^[4]
• † 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^[5]
• † 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):^[6] synonym of Pachycymbiola brasiliana (Lamarck, 1811)
• Adelomelon ferussacii (Donovan, 1824):^[7] 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):^[8] synonym of Pachycymbiola scoresbyana (A. W. B. Powell, 1951)
• Adelomelon subnodosa (Leach, 1814): synonym of Odontocymbiola magellanica (Gmelin, 1791)