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Gastropoda: Neogastropoda: Volutoidea: Volutidae

Adelomelon ancilla (Lightfoot, 1786)


Range: 29°S to 55.5°S; 70.97°W to 50°W
Depth: 50 to 310 m
Maximum Reported Size: 220  mm

Synonymy

Voluta ancilla Lightfoot, 1786
Scaphella ancilla (Lightfoot, 1786) 
Cymbiola ancilla (Lightfoot, 1786) 
Voluta magellanica auct. non Gmelin, 1791
Voluta spectabilis Gmelin, 1791
Voluta gracilis W. Wood, 1825
Voluta bracata Mabille & Rochebrune, 1889
Scaphella arnheimi Rivers, 1891
Voluta abbreviata Lahille, 1895
Voluta elongata Lahille, 1895
Voluta expansa Lahille, 1895
Voluta inflata Lahille, 1895
Voluta paradoxa Lahille, 1895
Voluta ponderosa Lahille, 1895
Voluta typica Lahille, 1895
Voluta typica Lahille, 1895
Voluta martensi Strebel, 1906
Adelomelon barattinii Klappenbach & Ureta, 1966

Details


Voluta ancilla Lightfoot, 1786, p. 84, 137, [D'Avila I, pl. 8, fig. S]
[Basis of the current name]
Attributed to: Solander
Type Locality: Straits of Magellan
Range: 29°S to 54°S; 70.97°W to 50°W
Depth: 50 to 310 m
Maximum Reported Size: 210 mm
Distribution: Brazil: Rio Grande do Sul; Uruguay, Argentina: Buenos Aires, Chubut, Santa Cruz; Falkland Islands, Straits of Magellan, Chile
References: Pilsbry (1899); Kaiser (1977) DSM; Poppe & Goto (1992); Ríos, Mutschke & Morrison (2003) d
Combining Genera:  Cymbiola Scaphella

Voluta ancilla [var.] abbreviata Lahille, 1895, p. 316, pl. 8, fig. 158; pl. 11, fig. 3
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Not stated
Distribution: Argentina
References: Clench & Turner (1964) s

Adelomelon ancylla sic, 
[Not available]
Comments: Error for ancilla by Barattini & Ureta (1960:124).

Scaphella arnheimi Rivers, 1891, 
[Synonym]
References: Clench & Turner (1964) s

Adelomelon barattinii Klappenbach & Ureta, 1966, p. 2-5, pl. 1, figs. 1-2,; pl. 2, figs. 1-2
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Desembocadura del río del Plata, 15 millas al sur de la isla de Lobos, Uruguay, 80 m
Range: 35.3°S to 35.3°S; 54.9°W to 52.5°W
Depth: 80 to 200 m
Maximum Reported Size: 127 mm
Distribution: Uruguay
References: Klappenbach & Ureta (1966) dNSWM; Kaiser (1977) DE; Rios (1985) s

Voluta bracata Mabille & Rochebrune in Rochebrune & Mabille, 1889, p. 48-49, Not figured
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Baie Orange
Range: 55.5°S to 55.5°S; 68°W
Maximum Reported Size: 197 mm
References: Mabille & Rochebrune in Rochebrune & Mabille (1889) NSEWM; Clench & Turner (1964) s

Voluta bracteata sic, 
[Not available]
Comments: Error for bracata by Strebel (1906:92, correctly on p. 111).

Voluta ancilla [var.] elongata Lahille, 1895, p. 315, pl. 11, fig. 2
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Not stated
Distribution: Argentina
References: Clench & Turner (1964) s

Voluta ancilla [var.] expansa Lahille, 1895, p. 315-316, pl. 11, fig. 1
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Not stated
Distribution: Argentina
References: Clench & Turner (1964) s

Voluta gracilis W. Wood, 1825, 
[Synonym]
References: Clench & Turner (1964) s

Voluta ancilla [var.] inflata Lahille, 1895, p. 315, pl. 11, fig. 7
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Not stated
Distribution: Argentina
References: Clench & Turner (1964) s

Voluta magellanica auct. non Gmelin, 1791, 
[Not available]
References: Clench & Turner (1964) s
Comments: Misidentification by Lamarck (1811).

Voluta martensi Strebel, 1906, p. 124-127, pl. 9, fig. 34-35, 42-44; pl. 10, fig. 56-56a
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Several localities
Range: 35°S to 43°S; 65°W to 56.18°W
Depth: 100 m
Maximum Reported Size: 65.7 mm
Distribution: Argentina: Buenos Aires, Chubut
References: Strebel (1906) EM; Castellanos (1970a) NSW; Clench & Turner (1964) s

Voluta paradoxa Lahille, 1895, p. 321-322, pl. 2, f. 68-68a, 76a-b; pl. 5, f. 41; pl. 7, f. 139, 147; pl. 8, f. 157, 161, 166; pl. 12, f. 17-21
[Synonym]
Type Locality: costas del Sur, Argentina
Range: 41°S to 52°S; 66°W to 60°W
Maximum Reported Size: 180 mm
Distribution: Argentina: Buenos Aires, Santa Cruz
References: Lahille (1895) M; Castellanos (1970b) cN; Clench & Turner (1964) NSEW; Poppe & Goto (1992) s

Voluta ancilla [var.] ponderosa Lahille, 1895, p. 315, pl. 8, fig. 170-171, 173, 183
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Not stated
Maximum Reported Size: 220 mm
Distribution: Argentina
References: Lahille (1895) M; Clench & Turner (1964) s

Voluta spectabilis Gmelin, 1791, p. 3468, [Davila 1, pl. 8, fig. S]
[Synonym]
Type Locality: 'streto magellanico'
Maximum Reported Size: 140 mm
Distribution: Straits of Magellan
References: Gmelin (1791) M; Clench & Turner (1964) s

Voluta ancilla [var.] typica Lahille, 1895, p. 314, pl. 1, fig. 9-10; pl. 8, fig. 159, 184, 192; pl. 11, fig. 5, 8; pl. 12, fig. 34-35, 38-39
[Not available]
Type Locality: Not stated
Distribution: Argentina
Comments: Infrasubspecific.

Voluta paradoxa [var.] typica Lahille, 1895, p. 321-322, pl. 12, fig. 17-21
[Not available]
Type Locality: costas del Sur, Argentina
Maximum Reported Size: 180 mm
Distribution: Argentina
References: Lahille (1895) M
Comments: Infrasubspecific.


Partial List of References

Gmelin, J. F. 1791. Systema naturae per regna tria naturae. Editio decima tertia Systema Naturae, 13th ed., vol. 1(6) 3021-3910. Lipsiae.
Klappenbach, M. A. and E. H. Ureta. 1966. Nueva especie de la Familia Volutidae (Moll. Gastropoda) obtenida al sur de la Isla de Lobos, Uruguay Comunicaciones zoologicas del museo de historia natural de Montevideo 9(111) 1-6, pls. 1-2. [Stated date: -- Dec 1966.]
Lahille, F. 1895. Contribucion al estudio de las Volutas Argentinas Revista del Museo de la Plata 6 293-332, 12 pls.
Rochebrune, A.-T. and J. Mabille. 1889. Mollusques Mission Scientifique du Cap Horn. 1882-1883 6 H.1-H.129, pls. 1-8
Strebel, H. 1906. Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Molluskenfauna der Magalhaen-Provinz. No. 4 Zoologische Jahrbücher, Abteilung für Systematik, Geographie und Biologie der Tiere 24 91-174, pls. 7-13.
[Lightfoot, J.] 1786. Catalogue of the Portland Museum  viii + 3-194, frontispiece.

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