| Adelomelon ancilla | |
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| Shell of Adelomelon ancilla (syntype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| 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] | |
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Adelomelon ancilla is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Volutidae, the volutes.[1]
Distribution and habitat
This marine species occurs off Uruguay, Argentina, Chile, and Falkland Islands.
References
- 1 2 Adelomelon ancilla (Lightfoot, 1786). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
- Klappenbach, M. A.; Ureta, E. H. (1966). Nueva especie de la familia Volutidae (Moll., Gastropoda) obtenida al sur de la Isla de Lobos, Uruguay. Comunicaciones Zoologicas del Museo de Historia Natural de Montevideo. 9 (111): 1-6
- Bail, P & Poppe, G. T. 2001. A conchological iconography: a taxonomic introduction of the recent Volutidae. Hackenheim-Conchbook, 30 pp, 5 pl.
External links
- Lightfoot, J. (1786). A Catalogue of the Portland Museum, lately the property of the Dutchess Dowager of Portland, deceased; which will be sold by auction by Mr. Skinner & Co. (book). London. viii + 194 pp
- Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Vermes. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 13. Tome 1(6). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae
- Rochebrune A.-T. de & Mabille, J. (1889). Mollusques. in: Mission Scientifique du Cap Horn 1882-1883. Tome 6 (Zoologie 2, part 8). Paris, Gauthiers-Villars. H.1-H.129, pls. 1-8
- Strebel, H. (1906). Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Molluskenfauna der Magalhaen-Provinz. No. 4. Zoologische Jahrbücher, Abteilung für Systematik, Geographie und Biologie der Tiere. 24: 91-174, pls 7-13
- Rivers, J. J. (1891). A new volutoid shell from Monterey Bay. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, new series. 3: 107
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