- Melo aethiopica
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Melo aethiopica Apertural view of a shell of Melo aethiopica A shell of Melo aethiopica, 23 cm in length, from the Indian Ocean Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Gastropoda (unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade NeogastropodaSuperfamily: Muricoidea Family: Volutidae Genus: Melo Species: M. aethiopica Binomial name Melo aethiopica
(Linnaeus, 1758)Synonyms[1] Cymbium aethiopicum (Linnaeus, 1758)
Voluta aethiopicum Linnaeus, 1758Melo aethiopica, common name the crowned baler, is a very large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Volutidae, the volutes.
References
- ^ Bail, P. (2009). "World Register of Marine Species". http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=215199. Retrieved 17 March 2010.
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