OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database

Data as of: 2006-05-17

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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Volutidae 

Melo nautica (Lamarck, 1822)

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Melo nautica Lamarck, 1822

Distribution

  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Philippines

References

 Poppe, G.T. & Goto, Y. 1992. p.190, pl. 89, fig. 3 [ synonymy, distribution, description and remarks ]  General reference
 Weaver, C.S. & du Pont, J.E. 1970. p.70, fig. 15 [ synonym of Melo (Melocorona) aethiopica (Linnaeus, 1758) ]  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 nautica (Lamarck, 1822)

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=37938) created by Shannon Reid on 2001-02-04. Record last updated by Sarah Watson on 2001-04-24.