Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Alternative spelling: Adelomelon (Miomelon)
Synonym: Proscaphella Ihering 1907
Parent taxon: Zidoninae according to S. N. Nielsen and D. Frassinetti 2007
See also Chiesa et al. 1995, Darragh 1989, Frassinetti and Covacevich 1999, Pérez et al. 2026 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Adelomelon, Alcithoe, Ericusa, Guivillea, Harpovoluta, Iredalina, Livonia, Mauira, Mauithoe, Melo, Metamelon, Pachycymbiola, Pachymelon, Palaeomelon, Palomelon, Sigaluta, Spinomelon, Teremelon, Zidona, Zygomelon
Subtaxa: Miomelon alarconi Miomelon dorbignyana Miomelon eltanini Miomelon gracilis Miomelon lautaroi Miomelon pelantaroi Miomelon philippiana Miomelon turnerae Proscaphella cossmanni Proscaphella quemadensis Proscaphella santacrucensis
Type: Volutilithes philippiana
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Argentina (14 collections), Chile (14)
• Oligocene to Miocene of Argentina (1)
• Oligocene of Argentina (3)
• Eocene to Oligocene of Argentina (2)
Total: 34 collections including 46 occurrences
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