OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database

Data as of: 2006-05-17

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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Volutidae 

Melo aethiopica (Linnaeus, 1758)

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Voluta aethiopica Linnaeus, 1758

Common Name

Aethopian Melon p.164 [as Cymbium aethopica]      Allan, J. 1950.  

Distribution

  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificIndo-MalaysiaPapua New Guinea
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificIndo-MalaysiaIndonesia

Keywords

substrate: sand 

References

 Poppe, G.T. & Goto, Y. 1992. p.186, pl. 88, , fig. 3 [ synonymy, distribution, habitat, description and remarks ]  General reference
 Weaver, C.S. & du Pont, J.E. 1970. p.70, pl. 27E-F [ synonymy, type information, distribution, description, animal and radula (Figs.15-16) 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
                              Melo aethiopica (Linnaeus, 1758)

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=37932) created by Shannon Reid on 2001-02-04. Record last updated by Gary Rosenberg on 2004-10-29.