| Melo aethiopicus | |
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| Apertural view of shell | |
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| 23 cm length shell, from the Indian Ocean | |
Scientific classification
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| 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.
" Lesser Sunda Islands of Indonesia." [2]
- ^ 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.
Wikimedia Commons has media related to
Melo aethiopicus.
- "Melo aethiopicus". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
| Melo aethiopicus | |
|---|---|
|
| |
| Apertural view of shell | |
|
| |
| 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
|
| Binomial name | |
| Melo aethiopicus | |
| Synonyms [1] | |
| |
Melo aethiopicus, common name the crowned baler, is a very large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Volutidae, the volutes.
" Lesser Sunda Islands of Indonesia." [2]
- ^ 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.
Wikimedia Commons has media related to
Melo aethiopicus.
- "Melo aethiopicus". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.