Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Synonym: Janeithoe Pilsbry and Olsson 1954
Parent taxon: Zidoninae according to S. N. Nielsen and D. Frassinetti 2007
See also Darragh 1989, Frassinetti and Covacevich 1999, Gordillo 1991, Nielson and Valdovinos 2008 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Alcithoe, Ericusa, Guivillea, Harpovoluta, Iredalina, Livonia, Mauira, Mauithoe, Melo, Metamelon, Miomelon, Pachycymbiola, Pachymelon, Palaeomelon, Palomelon, Sigaluta, Spinomelon, Teremelon, Zidona, Zygomelon
Subtaxa: Adelomelon alta Adelomelon ancilla Adelomelon burmeisteri Adelomelon caupolicani Adelomelon colocoloi Adelomelon obesa Adelomelon posei Adelomelon reconditus Adelomelon valdesiense Janeithoe beckii
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Argentina (3 collections), Brazil (2), Chile (1)
• Pliocene of Chile (3)
• Miocene of Argentina (6), Chile (2)
• Eocene to Miocene of Argentina (1)
Total: 18 collections including 19 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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