Adelomelon ancilla

Adelomelon ancilla is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Volutidae, the volutes.^[1]

Adelomelon ancilla
Shell of Adelomelon ancilla (syntype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Volutidae
Genus:	Adelomelon
Species:	A. ancilla
Binomial name
Adelomelon ancilla (Lightfoot, 1786)
Synonyms[1]
Adelomelon barattinii Klappenbach & Ureta, 1966 Adelomelon (Adelomelon) ancilla (Lightfoot, 1786) Voluta ancilla Lightfoot, 1786 (basionym) Voluta arnheimi (Rivers, 1891) Voluta bracata Mabille & Rochebrune, 1889 Voluta magellanica Lamarck, 1811 Voluta martensi Strebel, 1906 Voluta spectabilis Gmelin, 1791

Distribution and habitat

This marine species occurs off Uruguay, Argentina, Chile, and Falkland Islands.