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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Volutidae 

Melo melo (Lightfoot, 1786)

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Voluta melo Lightfoot, 1786

Common Name

Indian volute or hoi tal (Th.) p.99      Nateewathana, A. 1995.  

Distribution

  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Malaysia
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Singapore
  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
  PRELOVED Regions: Thailand
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-China: Cambodia
     Try, I. 2001. p.400 
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-China: Vietnam
     Nguyen, N.T. 2001. p.420 
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Central and East Indian Ocean: Eastern Indian Ocean: India (E)
     Hylleberg, J. & Kilburn, R.N. 2002. p.43 
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Philippines
     Springsteen, F.J. & Leobrera, F.M. 1986. p.181 

Keywords

depth: continental shelf [ to 70 m deep {POPPE1992A} ]
depth: intertidal 
depth: shallow subtidal 
depth: shallow subtidal 
depth: subtidal 
depth: subtidal 
feeding mode: predation 
feeds on: animals [ other predatory gastropods- e.g. Hemifusus tuba (Melongenidae) and Babylonia lutosa (Buccinidae) {Moro1986x71} ]
substrate: mud 
substrate: mud bottom 

References

 Morton, B. 1986. p.156 Biology and ecology
 Nateewathana, A. 1995. p.99 Secondary source
 Poppe, G.T. & Goto, Y. 1992. p.189, pl. 89, fig. 1 [ synonymy, distribution, habitat, description and remarks ]  General reference
 Weaver, C.S. & du Pont, J.E. 1970. p.69, pl. 28C-D [ synonymy, type information, distribution, habitat, description, animal and radula 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 melo (Lightfoot, 1786)

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=37936) created by Shannon Reid on 2001-02-04. Record last updated by Shannon Reid on 2003-08-11.