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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Volutidae 

Melo amphora (Lightfoot, 1786)

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Voluta amphora Lightfoot, 1786
   Voluta cithara Lightfoot, 1786
   Voluta haustrum Lightfoot, 1786
   Cymbium flammeum Röding, 1798
   Voluta diadema Lamarck, 1811
   Voluta armata Lamarck, 1811
   Voluta regia Schubert & Wagner, 1829
   Melo amphora knighti Jackson, 1954

Common Name

Baler or Melon Shell p.163 [as Melo amphorus]      Allan, J. 1950.  
Common Baler p.154, pl.155      Wilson, B 2002.  

Distribution

northern coast of Australia, south coast of New Guinea {POPPE1992A}. Shark Bay, WA to southern Qld {Wilson1993B}

  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: N coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Gulf of Carp.
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Great Barrier Reef
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: NE coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Central E coast
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Papua New Guinea
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Central W coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: NW coast
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Australia (N)
  ABRS Regions: Australia: Northern Territory
  ABRS Regions: Australia: Queensland
  ABRS Regions: Australia: Western Australia

Keywords

depth: intertidal 
depth: intertidal 
depth: shallow subtidal 
depth: shallow subtidal 
depth: subtidal 
substrate: mud 
substrate: mud bottom 
substrate: sand [ ]

References

 Broderip, W.J. 1826. [ 2 unnumbered plates; as Melo diadema (Lamarck, 1811) ]  New combination
 Poppe, G.T. & Goto, Y. 1992. p.187, pl. 88, fig. 2, pl. 89, fig. 2 [ synonymy, distribution, habitat, description and remarks ]  General reference
 Reeve, L.A. 1860. [ sp. 2, pl. 3, figs 2a, 2b; pl. 4, figs 2c, 2d; as Cymbium regium (Schubert & Wagner, 1829) ]  New combination
 Reeve, L.A. 1861. [ sp. 7, pl. 14, fig. 7a; pl. 15, figs 7b, 7c; as Cymbium diadema (Lamarck, 1811) ]  New combination
 Rehder, H.A. 1967. p.9 [ as Cymbium ( Melo) amphora (Lightfoot, 1786) ]  New combination
 Shikama, T. & Horikoshi, M. 1963. p.102 [ pl. 85, fig. 3; as Cymbium ( Cymbium) amphora (Solander) ]  New combination
 Weaver, C.S. 1962. p.5 [ text figs 1, 2; as Melo amphora (Solander) ]  New combination
 Weaver, C.S. & du Pont, J.E. 1970. p.72, pl. 2, 30, 31 [ synonymy, type information, distribution, habitat, description and remarks ]  General reference
 Wilson, B. 1994. p.125, pl. 26, figs. 1-6, 9, [ pl. 26A, fig. 3, pl. 27, figs. 1, 3 description, distribution, remarks and synonymy ]  General reference
 Wilson, B. 1994. p.125 Alternate taxonomic arrangement
 Wilson, B. R. & Gillet, K. 1971. p.138, pl. 78, pl. 91, pl. 92, figs. 4, 4a, 4b, 4c [ as Melo amphora Solander, 1786 ]  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
                              Melo amphora (Lightfoot, 1786)

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=12407) created by Playpus Export Program on 2000-11-09. Record last updated by dsherman on 2004-02-04.