Adelomelon
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| Adelomelon | |
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| shell of Adelomelon beckii | |
Scientific classification  | |
| 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 | |
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Adelomelon is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Volutidae.[2]
Adelomelon Dall; new name for the dull-colored group of South American volutes usually called Scaphella, but not the Scaphella of Swainson, 1832.[3]
Description
The medium-sized to large shell is smooth or knobbed. The protoconch is small and smooth with or without a calcarella.
