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Adelomelon alta
Taxonomy
Voluta alta was named by Sowerby (1846) [DISTRIBUTION: Miocene; Chile.]. It is not a trace fossil.
It was recombined as Adelomelon alta by Nielsen and Frassinetti (2007).
It was recombined as Adelomelon alta by Nielsen and Frassinetti (2007).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1846 | Voluta alta Sowerby p. 262 figs. pl. 4, fig. 75 |
| 2007 | Adelomelon alta Nielsen and Frassinetti p. 93 |
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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 alta Sowerby 1846
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| S. N. Nielsen and D. Frassinetti 2007 | Shell large, elongate, slender. Spire and aperture of equal height. Protoconch of 2.5 smooth whorls, with calcarella. Teleoconch of six strongly convex whorls. Sculpture of 25–30 rounded primary spiral cords and additional subequal secondary threads. Siphonal canal not well defined. Fasciole weak. Aperture long, narrow. Columella subsinusoidal with three to four folds. |
Measurements
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| References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||