Melo aethiopicus
Appearance
Melo aethiopicus | |
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Apertural view of shell | |
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23 cm length shell, from the Indian Ocean | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Family: | Volutidae |
Genus: | Melo |
Species: | M. aethiopicus
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Binomial name | |
Melo aethiopicus | |
Synonyms[1] | |
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Melo aethiopicus, common name the crowned baler, is a very large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Volutidae, the volutes.
Distribution[edit]
"Lesser Sunda Islands of Indonesia."[2]
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References[edit]
- ^ Bail, P. (2009). "World Register of Marine Species". Retrieved 9 July 2023.
- ^ Harald Doute, 1989-La Conchiglia, Year XXI, No. 246-249, pages 12-13.
External links[edit]
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