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genus

Adelomelon W.H. Dall, 1906

kingdom Animalia - animals »  phylum Mollusca - mollusks »  class Gastropoda - gastropods »  order Neogastropoda »  family Volutidae - volutes »  subfamily Cymbiinae

Description

Shells smooth or with knobs at the whorl shoulder, usually attenuated and with very moderately convex whorls. Periostracum thin and deciduous.
Clench, W.J. & Turner, R.D., 1964. The subfamilies Volutinae, Zidoninae, Odontocymbiolinae and Calliotectinae in the Western Atlantic
Author: Jan Delsing

Included taxa

Number of records: 3

species Adelomelon ancilla Lightfoot, 1786

Adelomelon ancilla

species Adelomelon beckii W. J. Broderip, 1836

Adelomelon beckii

species Adelomelon riosi Clench & Turner, 1964

Adelomelon riosi


Links and literature

EN The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera [1033845]

Rees, T. (compiler): The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera [https://www.irmng.org] [as Adelomelon Dall, 1906]
Data retrieved on: 13 February 2020
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