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]
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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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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.