Adelomelon ancilla

Adelomelon ancilla is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Volutidae, the volutes.[1]

Adelomelon ancilla
Shell of Adelomelon ancilla (syntype at MNHN, Paris)
Shell of Adelomelon ancilla (syntype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Volutidae
Genus: Adelomelon
Species:
A. ancilla
Binomial name
Adelomelon ancilla
(Lightfoot, 1786)
Synonyms[1]
  • Adelomelon barattinii Klappenbach & Ureta, 1966
  • Adelomelon (Adelomelon) ancilla (Lightfoot, 1786)
  • Voluta ancilla Lightfoot, 1786 (basionym)
  • Voluta arnheimi (Rivers, 1891)
  • Voluta bracata Mabille & Rochebrune, 1889
  • Voluta magellanica Lamarck, 1811
  • Voluta martensi Strebel, 1906
  • Voluta spectabilis Gmelin, 1791

Distribution and habitat

This marine species occurs off Uruguay, Argentina, Chile, and Falkland Islands.

References
  1. Adelomelon ancilla (Lightfoot, 1786). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  • 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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