Adelomelon beckii

Adelomelon beckii, common name the Beck's volute, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Volutidae, the volutes.^[1]

Adelomelon beckii
shell of Adelomelon beckii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Volutidae
Genus:	Adelomelon
Species:	A. beckii
Binomial name
Adelomelon beckii (Broderip, 1836)
Synonyms[1]
Adelomelon indigestus Von Ihering, 1908 Adelomelon (Adelomelon) beckii (Broderip, 1836) Cymbiola becki (Broderip, 1836) superseded combination Voluta festiva d'Orbigny, 1841 Voluta fusiformis Kiener, 1839

Description

The length of the shell varies between 150 mm and 495 mm.

(Original description in Latin) The shell is ovate-fusiform and tawny. It is inscribed with brownish-chestnut, slightly angular lines, and is transversely striated with minute, slightly undulating striae. The whorls are tuberculate and subtly plicate, with the body whorl being very long. The spire is of moderate height. The columella is triplicate, and the aperture is ovate-elongate. ^[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Atlantic coast of South America and off the Falkland Islands.