MolluscaBase name details
Adelomelon (Adelomelon) ancilla ([Lightfoot], 1786)
384660 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:384660)
unaccepted > superseded combination
Species
Adelomelon barattinii Klappenbach & Ureta, 1966 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Voluta bracata Mabille & Rochebrune, 1889 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Voluta martensi Strebel, 1906 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Voluta spectabilis Gmelin, 1791 · unaccepted > junior homonym
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Voluta ancilla [Lightfoot], 1786) Lightfoot, J. (1786). A Catalogue of the Portland Museum, lately the property of the Duchess Dowager of Portland, deceased; which will be sold by auction by Mr. Skinner & Co. <em>[book].</em> London. viii + 194 pp., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43259464
page(s): 84 [details]
page(s): 84 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Adelomelon (Adelomelon) ancilla ([Lightfoot], 1786). Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=384660 on 2025-09-11
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(of Voluta ancilla [Lightfoot], 1786) Lightfoot, J. (1786). A Catalogue of the Portland Museum, lately the property of the Duchess Dowager of Portland, deceased; which will be sold by auction by Mr. Skinner & Co. <em>[book].</em> London. viii + 194 pp., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43259464
page(s): 84 [details]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
basis of record Bail, P.; Poppe, G.T. (2001). A conchological iconography: a taxonomic introduction of the recent Volutidae. <em>ConchBooks, Hackenheim.</em> 30 pp, 5 pl. (updated October 2008 for WoRMS). [details]
page(s): 84 [details]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
basis of record Bail, P.; Poppe, G.T. (2001). A conchological iconography: a taxonomic introduction of the recent Volutidae. <em>ConchBooks, Hackenheim.</em> 30 pp, 5 pl. (updated October 2008 for WoRMS). [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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