Melo aethiopica
This taxon may be invalid (unaccepted).(Jan 2019) |
Melo aethiopica | |
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Apertural view of a shell of Melo aethiopica | |
A shell of Melo aethiopica, 23 cm in length, from the Indian Ocean | |
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Superfamily: | Muricoidea
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Species: | M. aethiopica
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Melo aethiopica | |
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Melo aethiopica, common name the crowned baler, is a very large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Volutidae, the volutes.
References[]
- ^ Bail, P. (2009). "World Register of Marine Species". Retrieved 17 March 2010.
External links[]
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Melo aethiopicus. |
- "Melo aethiopicus". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
Categories:
- Volutidae
- Gastropods described in 1758
- Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus
- Volutidae stubs