WoRMS taxon details
Miomelon Dall, 1907
197005 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:197005)
accepted
Genus
Volutilithes philippiana Dall, 1890 accepted as Miomelon philippianum (Dall, 1890) (type by original designation)
Proscaphella Ihering, 1907 † · unaccepted (synonym)
- Species Miomelon alarconi Stuardo & Villarroel, 1974
- Species Miomelon antarctica (Stilwell & Zinsmeister, 1992) †
- Species Miomelon castilloense del Río & Martínez, 2006 †
- Species Miomelon dorbignyanum (R. A. Philippi, 1887) † (accepted > unreplaced junior homonym, junior homonym of Voluta dorbignyana J. Müller, 1851)
- Species Miomelon eltanini Dell, 1990
- Species Miomelon gracilior (Ihering, 1896) †
- Species Miomelon lautaroi S. N. Nielsen & Frassinetti, 2007 †
- Species Miomelon pelantaroi S. N. Nielsen & Frassinetti, 2007 †
- Species Miomelon petersoni (Ortmann, 1900) †
- Species Miomelon philippianum (Dall, 1890)
- Species Miomelon turnerae Dell, 1990
- Subgenus Miomelon (Argentovoluta) Vazquez & Caldini, 1989 accepted as Argentovoluta Vazquez & Caldini, 1989
- Species Miomelon benitens Finlay, 1926 † accepted as Spinomelon benitens (H. J. Finlay, 1926) †
- Species Miomelon bottai Vazquez & Caldini, 1989 accepted as Argentovoluta bottai (Vazquez & Caldini, 1989)
- Species Miomelon castilloensis del Río & Martínez, 2006 † accepted as Miomelon castilloense del Río & Martínez, 2006 † (incorrect gender ending)
- Species Miomelon clifdenensis H. J. Finlay, 1926 † accepted as Metamelon clifdenense (H. J. Finlay, 1926) † (superseded combination)
- Species Miomelon gracile (R. A. Philippi, 1887) † accepted as Miomelon gracilior (Ihering, 1896) † (unaccepted > junior homonym, junior homonym of Voluta gracilis Dillwyn, 1823; Voluta gracilior is a replacement name)
- Species Miomelon inermis Finlay, 1926 † accepted as Metamelon inermis (Finlay, 1926) †
- Species Miomelon malvina Kaiser, 1977 accepted as Pachycymbiola scoresbyana (A. W. B. Powell, 1951)
- Species Miomelon reverta Finlay, 1926 † accepted as Metamelon reverta (Finlay, 1926) †
- Species Miomelon scoresbyanum A. W. B. Powell, 1951 accepted as Pachycymbiola scoresbyana (A. W. B. Powell, 1951) (original combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
neuter
Not documented
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Miomelon Dall, 1907. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=197005 on 2025-05-14
Date
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2006-09-25 06:54:45Z
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Martinez, Olga
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Proscaphella Ihering, 1907 †) Ihering, H. von. (1907). Les mollusques fossiles du Tertiaire et du Crétacé supérieur de l'Argentine. <em>Anales del Museo Nacional de Buenos Aires.</em> ser. 3, 7: xiii, 1–611, 18 pls., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/50857
page(s): 100, 202, 205 [details]
basis of record Bail, P.; Poppe, G.T. (2001). A conchological iconography: a taxonomic introduction of the recent Volutidae. <em>ConchBooks, Hackenheim.</em> 30 pp, 5 pl. (updated October 2008 for WoRMS). [details]
page(s): 100, 202, 205 [details]
basis of record Bail, P.; Poppe, G.T. (2001). A conchological iconography: a taxonomic introduction of the recent Volutidae. <em>ConchBooks, Hackenheim.</em> 30 pp, 5 pl. (updated October 2008 for WoRMS). [details]
Other
additional source
Dell, R. K. (1990). Antarctic Mollusca with special reference to the fauna of the Ross Sea. Bulletin of the Royal Society of New Zealand, Wellington 27: 1–311 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Diagnosis Small, broadly fusiform. Protoconch very small, smooth. Teleoconch axially and spirally sculptured.Radula with prong-like central cups. [details]
