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

The medium-sized to large shell is smooth or knobbed. The protoconch is small and smooth with or without a calcarella.

Species

Species within the genus Adelomelon include:
;Species brought into synonymy:Adelomelon barattinii Klappenbach & Ureta, 1966 : synonym of Adelomelon ancilla represented as Adelomelon ancilla Adelomelon brasilianum : synonym of Pachycymbiola brasiliana Adelomelon ferussacii : synonym of Pachycymbiola ferussacii Adelomelon indigestus Von Ihering, 1908: synonym of Adelomelon beckii represented as Adelomelon beckii Adelomelon paradoxa : synonym of Odontocymbiola magellanica Adelomelon scoresbyanum : synonym of Pachycymbiola scoresbyana Adelomelon subnodosa : synonym of ''Odontocymbiola magellanica''