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:- † Adelomelon altum Adelomelon ancilla Adelomelon beckii
- † Adelomelon cannada
- † Adelomelon caupolicani S. N. Nielsen & Frassinetti, 2007
- † Adelomelon colocoloi S. N. Nielsen & Frassinetti, 2007
- † Adelomelon ellioti
- † Adelomelon fordycei
- † Adelomelon obesum
- † Adelomelon pilsbryi
- † Adelomelon posei F. Scarabino, Martinez, del Río, Oleinik, Camacho & Zinsmeister, 2004
- † Adelomelon reconditum Frassinetti, 2000 Adelomelon riosi Clench & Turner, 1964
- † Adelomelon suropsilos
- † Adelomelon valdesiense F. Scarabino, Martinez, del Río, Oleinik, Camacho & Zinsmeister, 2004