Biology:Melo aethiopica
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Short description: Species of gastropod
| Melo aethiopica | |
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| Apertural view of a shell of Melo aethiopica | |
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| A shell of Melo aethiopica, 23 cm in length, 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. aethiopica
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| Binomial name | |
| Melo aethiopica | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
Melo aethiopica, common name the crowned baler, is a very large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Volutidae, the volutes.
Distribution
"Lesser Sunda Islands of Indonesia."[2]
References
- ↑ Bail, P. (2009). "World Register of Marine Species". http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=215199. Retrieved 17 March 2010.
- ↑ Harald Doute, 1989-La Conchiglia, Year XXI, No. 246-249, pages 12-13.
External links
- "Melo aethiopicus" (in en). Gastropods.com. http://www.gastropods.com/8/Shell_148.shtml.
Wikidata ☰ Q3009559 entry
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