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Adelomelon

Adelomelon is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Volutidae.

Taxonomy
Adelomelon Dall; new name for the dull-colored group of South American volutes usually called Scaphella, but not the Scaphella of Swainson, 1832. ==Description==
Description
The medium-sized to large shell is smooth or knobbed. The protoconch is small and smooth with or without a calcarella. ==Species==
Species
Species within the genus Adelomelon include: • † Adelomelon altum (G. B. Sowerby I, 1846) • Adelomelon ancilla (Lightfoot, 1786) • Adelomelon beckii (Broderip, 1836) • † Adelomelon cannada (Ihering, 1907) • † Adelomelon caupolicani S. N. Nielsen & Frassinetti, 2007 • † Adelomelon colocoloi S. N. Nielsen & Frassinetti, 2007 • † Adelomelon ellioti (Stilwell & Zinsmeister, 1992) • † Adelomelon fordycei (Stilwell & Zinsmeister, 1992) • † Adelomelon obesum (R. A. Philippi, 1887) • † Adelomelon pilsbryi (Ihering, 1899) • † Adelomelon posei F. Scarabino, Martinez, del Río, Oleinik, Camacho & Zinsmeister, 2004 • † Adelomelon reconditum Frassinetti, 2000 • Adelomelon riosi Clench & Turner, 1964 • † Adelomelon suropsilos (Stilwell & Zinsmeister, 1992) • † Adelomelon valdesiense F. Scarabino, Martinez, del Río, Oleinik, Camacho & Zinsmeister, 2004 ;Species brought into synonymy: • Adelomelon barattinii Klappenbach & Ureta, 1966 : synonym of Adelomelon (Adelomelon) ancilla (Lightfoot, 1786) represented as Adelomelon ancilla (Lightfoot, 1786) • Adelomelon brasilianum (Lamarck, 1811): synonym of Pachycymbiola brasiliana (Lamarck, 1811) • Adelomelon ferussacii (Donovan, 1824): synonym of Pachycymbiola ferussacii (Donovan, 1824) • Adelomelon indigestus Von Ihering, 1908: synonym of Adelomelon (Adelomelon) beckii (Broderip, 1836) represented as Adelomelon beckii (Broderip, 1836) • Adelomelon paradoxa (Lahille, 1895): synonym of Odontocymbiola magellanica (Gmelin, 1791) • Adelomelon scoresbyanum (Powell, 1951): synonym of Pachycymbiola scoresbyana (A. W. B. Powell, 1951) • Adelomelon subnodosa (Leach, 1814): synonym of Odontocymbiola magellanica (Gmelin, 1791) ==References==
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