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Adelomelon reconditus

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Volutidae

Taxonomy
Adelomelon reconditus was named by Frassinetti (2000) [DISTRIBUTION: Pliocene; Chile.]. It is not a trace fossil.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2000Adelomelon reconditus Frassinetti p. 144 figs. pl. 2, figs. 11, 12
2007Adelomelon reconditus Nielsen and Frassinetti p. 95

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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
speciesreconditusFrassinetti 2000

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 reconditus Frassinetti 2000
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
S. N. Nielsen and D. Frassinetti 2007Shell elongate-oval, moderately large, spire relatively low. Spire whorls slightly angled. Spiral ornamentation of numerous rounded threads, regularly distributed on shell surface. Small, low, inconspicuous nodes on middle of spire-whorls, continuing on last whorl, corresponding with slight angulation of whorls. Siphonal canal short, straight. Fasciole moderate. Columella straight, with two to three folds.