Adelomelon beckii

Adelomelon beckii
	shell of Adelomelon beckii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Volutidae
Genus:	Adelomelon
Species:	A. beckii
Binomial name
	Adelomelon beckii; (Broderip, 1836)
Synonyms
	Adelomelon indigestus Von Ihering, 1908; Adelomelon (Adelomelon) beckii (Broderip, 1836); Cymbiola becki (Broderip, 1836) superseded combination; Voluta festiva d'Orbigny, 1841; Voluta fusiformis Kiener, 1839;

Adelomelon beckii, common name the Beck's volute, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Volutidae, the volutes.^[1]

Description

The length of the shell varies between 150 mm and 495 mm.

(Original description in Latin) The shell is ovate-fusiform and tawny. It is inscribed with brownish-chestnut, slightly angular lines, and is transversely striated with minute, slightly undulating striae. The whorls are tuberculate and subtly plicate, with the body whorl being very long. The spire is of moderate height. The columella is triplicate, and the aperture is ovate-elongate. ^[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Atlantic coast of South America and off the Falkland Islands.

References

^ ^a ^b Adelomelon beckii (Broderip, 1836). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 2 November 2012.
^ Broderip, J.P. (1836). "Descriptions of some species of shells apparently not hitherto recorded". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 4: 43. Retrieved 16 November 2025. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

Lamarck, J. B. P. A., 1811. Suite. De la détermination des espèces de Mollusques Testacés. Volute (Voluta). Annales du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle 17: 54-80
Bail, P & Poppe, G. T. 2001. A conchological iconography: a taxonomic introduction of the recent Volutidae. Hackenheim-Conchbook, 30 pp, 5 pl.

External links

Kiener, L.C. (1834–1841). Spécies général et iconographie des coquilles. Vol. 3. Famille des Columellaires. Genres Mitre (Mitra), Lamarck. Paris: Rousseau & J.B. Baillière. Retrieved 16 November 2025.
Ihering, H. von (1908). "Mollusques du Pampéen de Mar de Plata et Chapalmalán recueillis par M. le Dr. Florentino Ameghino en 1908". Anales del Museo Nacional de Buenos Aires. 3 (10): 429–438.
"Adelomelon beckii beckii". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.

[WoRMS-1] Adelomelon beckii (Broderip, 1836). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 2 November 2012.

[2] Broderip, J.P. (1836). "Descriptions of some species of shells apparently not hitherto recorded". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 4: 43. Retrieved 16 November 2025. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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