Melo aethiopicus, common name the crowned baler, is a very large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Volutidae, the volutes.
| Melo aethiopicus | |
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| Apertural view of shell | |
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| 23 cm length shell, from the Indian Ocean | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Volutidae |
| Genus: | Melo |
| Species: | M. aethiopicus
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| Binomial name | |
| Melo aethiopicus | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Distribution edit
"Lesser Sunda Islands of Indonesia."[2]
References edit
- ^ Bail, P. (2009). "World Register of Marine Species". Retrieved 9 July 2023.
- ^ Harald Doute, 1989-La Conchiglia, Year XXI, No. 246-249, pages 12-13.
External links edit
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Melo aethiopicus.
- "Melo aethiopicus". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.