WoRMS taxon details
Adelomelon ancilla ([Lightfoot], 1786)
606556 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:606556)
accepted
Species
Adelomelon (Adelomelon) ancilla ([Lightfoot], 1786) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Adelomelon barattinii Klappenbach & Ureta, 1966 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Scaphella (Voluta) arnheimi Rivers, 1891 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Voluta ancilla [Lightfoot], 1786 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Voluta arnheimi (Rivers, 1891) · unaccepted (junior 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 ancilla ([Lightfoot], 1786). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=606556 on 2025-03-29
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Voluta spectabilis Gmelin, 1791) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Vermes. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 13. Tome 1(6). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. <em>Systema Naturae. Linneaeus (ed.). Ed. 13.</em> 1: pars. 6., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5 [details]
original description (of Voluta bracata Mabille & Rochebrune, 1889) Rochebrune A.T. de & Mabille J. (1889). Mollusques. <i>in</i>: Mission Scientifique du Cap Horn 1882-1883. Tome 6 (Zoologie 2, part 8). <em>Paris, Gauthiers-Villars.</em> H.1-H.129, pls. 1-8., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/105001
page(s): 48-49 [details]
original description (of Voluta martensi Strebel, 1906) Strebel, H. (1906). Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Molluskenfauna der Magalhaen-Provinz. No. 4. <em>Zoologische Jahrbücher, Abteilung für Systematik, Geographie und Biologie der Tiere.</em> 24: 91-174, pls 7-13., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10097904
page(s): 124 [details]
original description (of Adelomelon barattinii Klappenbach & Ureta, 1966) Klappenbach, M. A.; Ureta, E. H. (1966). Nueva especie de la familia Volutidae (Moll., Gastropoda) obtenida al sur de la Isla de Lobos, Uruguay. <em>Comunicaciones Zoologicas del Museo de Historia Natural de Montevideo.</em> 9 (111): 1-6. [details]
original description (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]
original description (of Scaphella (Voluta) arnheimi Rivers, 1891) Rivers, J. J. (1891). A new volutoid shell from Monterey Bay. <em>Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, new series.</em> 3: 107., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16073546 [details]
original description (of Voluta bracata Mabille & Rochebrune, 1889) Rochebrune A.T. de & Mabille J. (1889). Mollusques. <i>in</i>: Mission Scientifique du Cap Horn 1882-1883. Tome 6 (Zoologie 2, part 8). <em>Paris, Gauthiers-Villars.</em> H.1-H.129, pls. 1-8., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/105001
page(s): 48-49 [details]
original description (of Voluta martensi Strebel, 1906) Strebel, H. (1906). Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Molluskenfauna der Magalhaen-Provinz. No. 4. <em>Zoologische Jahrbücher, Abteilung für Systematik, Geographie und Biologie der Tiere.</em> 24: 91-174, pls 7-13., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10097904
page(s): 124 [details]
original description (of Adelomelon barattinii Klappenbach & Ureta, 1966) Klappenbach, M. A.; Ureta, E. H. (1966). Nueva especie de la familia Volutidae (Moll., Gastropoda) obtenida al sur de la Isla de Lobos, Uruguay. <em>Comunicaciones Zoologicas del Museo de Historia Natural de Montevideo.</em> 9 (111): 1-6. [details]
original description (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]
original description (of Scaphella (Voluta) arnheimi Rivers, 1891) Rivers, J. J. (1891). A new volutoid shell from Monterey Bay. <em>Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, new series.</em> 3: 107., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16073546 [details]
Other
context source (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Spelling ancilla is a noun in apposition and does not agree in gender with the genus name it is combined with. [details]
To Barcode of Life (12 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (14 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (87 publications) (from synonym Voluta ancilla [Lightfoot], 1786)
To Malacopics (Adelomelon ancilla ([Lightfoot], 1786) Argentina, Buenos Aires, Mar del Plata, by t...
To Malacopics (Adelomelon ancilla ([Lightfoot], 1786) Uruguay, Maldonado, Isla de Lobos, at 8-1 m ...
To MNHN Type collection (IM 2000-333) (from synonym Voluta bracata Mabille & Rochebrune, 1889)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Adelomeion ancilla (2) 1121908)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Adelomelon (Adelomelon) ancilla ([Lightfoot], 1786))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (14 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (87 publications) (from synonym Voluta ancilla [Lightfoot], 1786)
To Malacopics (Adelomelon ancilla ([Lightfoot], 1786) Argentina, Buenos Aires, Mar del Plata, by t...
To Malacopics (Adelomelon ancilla ([Lightfoot], 1786) Uruguay, Maldonado, Isla de Lobos, at 8-1 m ...
To MNHN Type collection (IM 2000-333) (from synonym Voluta bracata Mabille & Rochebrune, 1889)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Adelomeion ancilla (2) 1121908)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Adelomelon (Adelomelon) ancilla ([Lightfoot], 1786))
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