WoRMS taxon details
Arctomelon Dall, 1915
382314 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:382314)
accepted
Genus
Voluta stearnsii Dall, 1872 accepted as Arctomelon stearnsii (Dall, 1872) (type by original designation)
Boreomelon Dall, 1918 · unaccepted (objective synonym of Arctomelon)
Fulgoraria (Arctomelon) Dall, 1915 · unaccepted (original rank)
Fulgoraria (Boreomelon) Dall, 1918 · unaccepted > junior objective synonym
- Species Arctomelon benthale (Dall, 1896)
- Species Arctomelon boreale R. N. Clark, 2018
- Species Arctomelon ryosukei (Habe & Ki. Ito, 1965)
- Species Arctomelon stearnsii (Dall, 1872)
- Species Arctomelon tamikoae (Kosuge, 1970)
- Species Arctomelon paucicostatus [sic] accepted as Boreotrophon paucicostatus Habe & Ki. Ito, 1965 accepted as Boreotrophon candelabrum (Reeve, 1848) (lapsus)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
neuter
(of Fulgoraria (Arctomelon) Dall, 1915) Dall, W. H. (1915). A monograph of the molluscan fauna of the <em>Orthaulax pugnax</em> Zone of the Oligocene of Tampa, Florida. <em>Bulletin of the United States National Museum.</em> 90: 1-173, 26 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7827114
page(s): 57 [details]
page(s): 57 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Arctomelon Dall, 1915. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=382314 on 2025-04-01
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Fulgoraria (Arctomelon) Dall, 1915) Dall, W. H. (1915). A monograph of the molluscan fauna of the <em>Orthaulax pugnax</em> Zone of the Oligocene of Tampa, Florida. <em>Bulletin of the United States National Museum.</em> 90: 1-173, 26 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7827114
page(s): 57 [details]
original description (of Fulgoraria (Boreomelon) Dall, 1918) Dall, W. H. (1918). Changes in and additions to molluscan nomenclature. <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 31: 137-138., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3332189
page(s): 138 [details]
basis of record Clark R.N. (2018). The genus <i>Arctomelon</i> Dall, 1915 in Alaskan waters, with the description of a new species. <em>The Festivus.</em> 50(4): 256-263. [details]
page(s): 57 [details]
original description (of Fulgoraria (Boreomelon) Dall, 1918) Dall, W. H. (1918). Changes in and additions to molluscan nomenclature. <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 31: 137-138., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3332189
page(s): 138 [details]
basis of record Clark R.N. (2018). The genus <i>Arctomelon</i> Dall, 1915 in Alaskan waters, with the description of a new species. <em>The Festivus.</em> 50(4): 256-263. [details]
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From editor or global species database
Diagnosis Shells are dull and ovate-fusiform with a blunt spire. [details]
