Adelomelon beckii
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Volutidae |
| Genus: | Adelomelon |
| Species: | A. beckii
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| Binomial name | |
| Adelomelon beckii (Broderip, 1836)
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Adelomelon beckii, common name the Beck's volute, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Volutidae, the volutes.[1]
Description[edit]
The length of the shell varies between 150 mm and 495 mm.
Distribution[edit]
This marine species occurs off the Atlantic coast of South America and off the Falkland Islands.
References[edit]
- ^ a b Adelomelon beckii (Broderip, 1836). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 2 November 2012.
- Lamarck, J. B. P. A., 1811. Suite. De la détermination des espèces de Mollusques Testacés. Volute (Voluta). Annales du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle 17: 54-80
- Bail, P & Poppe, G. T. 2001. A conchological iconography: a taxonomic introduction of the recent Volutidae. Hackenheim-Conchbook, 30 pp, 5 pl.
External links[edit]
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Adelomelon beckii.
- "Adelomelon beckii beckii". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.