OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database
Data as of: 2006-05-17
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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Volutidae
Melo broderipii (Griffith & Pidgeon, 1834)
Type of listing: Name in current use
Synonymy
Voluta broderipii Griffith & Pidgeon, 1834
Distribution
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Philippines
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Papua New Guinea
Keywords
depth: intertidal
depth: intertidal
depth: shallow subtidal
depth: subtidal [ to about 10 m deep {POPPE1992A}
]
depth: subtidal
substrate: mud
substrate: mud bottom
substrate: sand
substrate: sand bottom
References
Poppe, G.T. & Goto, Y. 1992. p.188, pl. 87, figs. 4-5 [ synonymy, distribution, habitat, description and remarks
] General reference
Springsteen, F.J. & Leobrera, F.M. 1986. p.181 Distribution
Weaver, C.S. & du Pont, J.E. 1970. p.73, pl. 29C-D [ synonymy, type information, distribution, habitat, description 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 broderipii (Griffith & Pidgeon, 1834)
Metadata
Taxon name record (intBiotaID=37934) created by Shannon Reid on 2001-02-04. Record last updated by Shannon Reid on 2003-05-12.