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Pachycymbiola brasiliana

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Adelomelon brasiliana
Preserved shell
Preserved shell
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:
Muricoidea
Family:
Volutidae
Subfamily:
Cymbiinae
Genus:
Adelomelon
Subgenus:
Pachycymbiola
Species:
A. brasiliana
Binomial name
Adelomelon brasiliana
(Lamarck, 1811)
Synonyms[1]

Voluta colocynthis Dillwyn, 1817

Adelomelon brasiliana is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Volutidae, the volutes.[1]

Description

Adelomelon brasiliana produces hundreds of translucent orbs. They are firm to the touch but filled with a thick gelatinous liquid. The eggs might look alien to the eye. Adelomelon brasiliana is located in South Brazil, through Uruguay to Northern Argentina.

References

  1. ^ a b Adelomelon brasiliana (Lamarck, 1811). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.


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