:Arctomelon stearnsii

{{Short description|Species of gastropod}}

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| image_caption = Shell of Arctomelon stearnsii (specimen at the Smithsonian Institution)

| taxon = Arctomelon stearnsii

| authority = (Dall, 1872)

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| synonyms = Voluta stearnsii Dall, 1872 (basionym)

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Arctomelon stearnsii is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Volutidae, the volutes.{{WRMS species|384681|Arctomelon stearnsii (Dall, 1872)||29 July 2012}}

;Subspecies:

  • Arctomelon stearnsii ryosukei Habe & Ito, 1965
  • Arctomelon stearnsii stearnsii (Dall, 1872)

Description

Shell size 110 mm.

Distribution

Cold, deep waters of Alaska.

References

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  • 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. (

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Category:Volutidae

Category:Gastropods described in 1872

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