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Arctomelon stearnsii
Arctomelon stearnsii is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Volutidae, the volutes.[1]
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| Shell of Arctomelon stearnsii (specimen at the Smithsonian Institution) | |
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| Species: | A. stearnsii |
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| Arctomelon stearnsii (Dall, 1872) | |
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| Voluta stearnsii Dall, 1872 (basionym) | |
- Subspecies
- Arctomelon stearnsii ryosukei Habe & Ito, 1965
- Arctomelon stearnsii stearnsii (Dall, 1872)
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References edit
- ^ a b Arctomelon stearnsii (Dall, 1872). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 29 July 2012.
- Turgeon, D.; Quinn, J.F.; Bogan, A.E.; Coan, E.V.; Hochberg, F.G.; Lyons, W.G.; Mikkelsen, P.M.; Neves, R.J.; Roper, C.F.E.; Rosenberg, G.; Roth, B.; Scheltema, A.; Thompson, F.G.; Vecchione, M.; Williams, J.D. (1998). Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: mollusks. 2nd ed. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, 26. American Fisheries Society: Bethesda, MD (USA). ISBN 1-888569-01-8. IX, 526 + cd-rom pp.
- Bail, P & Poppe, G. T. 2001. A conchological iconography: a taxonomic introduction of the recent Volutidae. Hackenheim-Conchbook, 30 pp, 5 pl. (