Adelomelon beckii

Adelomelon beckii
shell of Adelomelon beckii
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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)
  • Voluta festiva d'Orbigny, 1841
  • Voluta fusiformis Kiener, 1839

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]

Description

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

Distribution

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

References

  1. ^ a b Adelomelon beckii (Broderip, 1836). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 2 November 2012.
  • Lamarck, J. B. P. A., 1811. Suite. De la détermination des espèces de Mollusques Testacés. Volute (Voluta). Annales du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle 17: 54-80
  • Bail, P & Poppe, G. T. 2001. A conchological iconography: a taxonomic introduction of the recent Volutidae. Hackenheim-Conchbook, 30 pp, 5 pl.
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