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Adelomelon caupolicani

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Volutidae

Taxonomy
Adelomelon caupolicani was named by Nielsen and Frassinetti (2007) [DISTRIBUTION: Miocene; Chile.]. Its type specimen is SGO.PI.6052, a shell, and it is not a trace fossil.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2007Adelomelon caupolicani Nielsen and Frassinetti p. 93 figs. figs. 9.3-9.8

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
RankNameAuthor
—Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
—Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorderLatrogastropodaRiedel 2000
orderNeogastropodaThiele 1929
superfamilyMuricoideade Costa 1776
familyVolutidaeRafinesque 1815
subfamilyZidoninaeAdams and A 1853
genusAdelomelonDall 1906
speciescaupolicani

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Adelomelon caupolicani Nielsen and Frassinetti 2007
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
S. N. Nielsen and D. Frassinetti 2007Shell slender, fusiform. Whorls weakly shouldered. Ribs moderately strong, absent on last whorl. Spiral sculpture of rounded cords and secondary threads, restricted to ramp on late whorls. Siphonal canal short, almost straight, wide. Fasciole sharply bent, very prominent. Columella slightly concave, bearing three folds.