OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database

Data as of: 2006-05-17

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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Volutidae 

Melo Broderip in Sowerby, 1826

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Melo Broderip in Sowerby, 1826
   Melocorona Pilsbry & Olsson, 1954
   Cymbium Marche-Marchad, 1968

Included taxa

   Melo aethiopica (Linnaeus, 1758)
   Melo amphora (Lightfoot, 1786)
   Melo melo (Lightfoot, 1786)
   Melo nautica (Lamarck, 1822)
   Melo umbilicatus (Broderip, 1826)
   Melo miltonis (Griffith & Pidgeon, 1834)
   Melo georginae (Griffith & Pidgeon, 1834)
   Melo broderipii (Griffith & Pidgeon, 1834)

Common Name

Baler Shell p.24      McMichael, D.F. 1962.  

Distribution

  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: NW coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: N coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Gulf of Carp.
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: NE coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Central W coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Great Barrier Reef
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Central E coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Lower W coast
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Papua New Guinea
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Australia (N)
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Great Australian Bight
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: S Gulfs coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: New South Wales
  ABRS Regions: Australia: Queensland
  ABRS Regions: Australia: Northern Territory
  ABRS Regions: Australia: South Australia
  ABRS Regions: Australia: Western Australia
  OBIS Regions: Temperate Indo-West Pacific: Southern Hemisphere: Australia (S): New South Wales
  OBIS Regions: Temperate Indo-West Pacific: Southern Hemisphere: Australia (S): South Australia
  OBIS Regions: Temperate Indo-West Pacific: Southern Hemisphere: Australia (S): Western Australia
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Philippines
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Indonesia
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Singapore
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Malaysia
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-China: South China Sea
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Central and East Indian Ocean: Eastern Indian Ocean: Andaman and Nicobar: Andaman Islands

Keywords

feeding mode: predation 
feeds on: animals 
larvae/young: direct development 
larvae/young: oviparous 

References

 Bondarev, I. P. 1995. p.37 [ subgenus Melocorona Pilsbry & Olsson, 1954 is no longer in use ]  Taxonomy
 Knudsen, J. 1993. p.110 Biology and ecology
 McMichael, D.F. 1962. p.24 General reference
 Poppe, G.T. & Goto, Y. 1992. p.35 Taxonomy
 Weaver, C.S. & du Pont, J.E. 1970. p.70 [ Melo (p. 69) and Melocorona (p. 70) ]  Subgeneric arrangement
 Weaver, C.S. & du Pont, J.E. 1970. p.69 [ synonymy, type information, distribution, description and remarks ]  General reference
 Wilson, B. 1994. p.124 [ description, distribution and remarks ]  General reference

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Visceroconcha
          Gastropoda
            Orthogastropoda
              Caenogastropoda
                Sorbeoconcha
                  Hypsogastropoda
                    Neogastropoda
                      Volutoidea
                        Volutidae Rafinesque, 1815
                          Cymbiolinae Bondarev, 1995
                            Melo Broderip in Sowerby, 1826

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=12405) created by Playpus Export Program on 2000-11-09. Record last updated by bouchet genera on 2002-07-16.