Adelomelon riosi

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

Adelomelon riosi
Apertural view of Adelomelon riosi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Volutidae
Genus:	Adelomelon
Species:	A. riosi
Binomial name
Adelomelon riosi Clench & Turner, 1964
Synonyms[1]
Adelomelon (Adelomelon) riosi Clench & Turner, 1964

Description

The length of the shell varies between 200 mm and 315 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Atlantic coast of South America, from Brazil to Argentina. Sometimes trawled in 300–320 meters depth.