Arctomelon stearnsii
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| Arctomelon stearnsii | |
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| Shell of Arctomelon stearnsii (specimen at the Smithsonian Institution) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Volutidae |
| Genus: | Arctomelon |
| Species: | A. stearnsii |
| Binomial name | |
| Arctomelon stearnsii (Dall, 1872) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Arctomelon stearnsii, common name Stearns' melon shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Volutidae, the volutes.[1] The species is divided into two subspecies:
- Subspecies
- Arctomelon stearnsii ryosukei Habe & Ito, 1965: synonym of Arctomelon ryosukei (T. Habe & Ki. Ito, 1965) ( superseded rank)
- Arctomelon stearnsii stearnsii (Dall, 1872): synonym of Arctomelon stearnsii (Dall, 1872) (no subspecies recognized)
