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 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
Distribution:
• Miocene of Argentina (13 collections), Chile (14)
• Oligocene to Miocene of Argentina (1)
• Oligocene of Argentina (3)
• Eocene to Oligocene of Argentina (2)
Total: 33 collections including 46 occurrences
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