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Data as of: 2006-05-17

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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Volutidae 

Voluta melo Lightfoot, 1786

Type of listing: Entry in a Synonymy


Senior name:

Melo melo (Lightfoot, 1786)

Types

Primary Type: holotype Secondary Type: paratype Lightfoot, J. 1786. p.41, no. 969
holotype Singapore, Malaysia

References

 Martini, F.H.W. 1777. pl. 72, figs. 772-773  Illustration of type specimen
 Rehder, H.A. 1967. p.10 [ as Cymbium (Melo) melo ]  Subsequent type designation
 Weaver, C.S. 1964. p.6 [ Type locality restricted ]  Type locality

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)
                                Voluta melo Lightfoot, 1786

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=37937) created by on unknown date. Record not subsequently updated.