Volema paradisiaca

Volema paradisiaca
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda; clade Hypsogastropoda; clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Buccinoidea
Family:	Melongenidae
Genus:	Volema
Species:	V. paradisiaca
Binomial name
	Volema paradisiaca; Röding, 1798
Synonyms
	Galeodes paradisaica (Röding, 1798) (misspelling); Galeodes paradisiaca (Röding, 1798) (previous combination); Melongena paradisaica (Röding, 1798) (misspelling); Melongena paradisiaca (Röding, 1798) (previous combination); Pyrula citrina Lamarck, J.B.P.A. de, 1822; Pyrula nodosa Lamarck, J.B.P.A. de, 1822; Pyrula paradisiaca Reeve, L.A., 1847;

Volema paradisiaca, common name : the Pear Melongena, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Melongenidae, the crown conches and their allies.^[1] This species may be a synonym of Volema pyrum.^[1]

Description

The size of the adult shell varies between 40 mm and 52 mm. The shell is cream-colored (with top of the spire being darker) and somewhat pear-shaped, and is mostly smooth with faint ridges on the lower half of the body whorl. The shell of Volema paradisiaca lacks any knobs or spines.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Indian Ocean off Madagascar, Mozambique and Tanzania; in the Singapore Strait.

References

^ ^a ^b Volema paradisiaca Röding, 1798. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 2 April 2011.

Spry, J.F. (1961). The sea shells of Dar es Salaam: Gastropods. Tanganyika Notes and Records 56
Richmond, M. (Ed.) (1997). A guide to the seashores of Eastern Africa and the Western Indian Ocean islands. Sida/Department for Research Cooperation, SAREC: Stockholm, Sweden. ISBN 91-630-4594-X. 448 pp.

External links

"Volema paradisiaca". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 2 April 2011.

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[WoRMS-1] Volema paradisiaca Röding, 1798. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 2 April 2011.

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