Melo (genus)

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Melo
Indian volute, Melo melo
Indian volute, Melo melo
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Orthogastropoda
Order: Sorbeoconcha
Superfamily: Volutoidea
Family: Volutidae
Genus: Melo
Sowerby, 1826
Species

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Melo is a genus of large sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Volutidae, the volutes.

[edit] Species in the genus Melo

  • Melo aethiopica Linnaeus, C., 1758) Crowned baler
  • Melo amphora, (Lightfoot, J., 1786) Giant baler
  • Melo diadema
  • Melo broderipii (Griffith, E. & E. Pidgeon, 1834)
  • Melo georginae (Griffith, E. & E. Pidgeon, 1834)
  • Melo melo (Lightfoot, J., 1786) Indian volute
  • Melo miltonis (Griffith, E. & E. Pidgeon, 1834) Milton's melon or Southern bailer
  • Melo nautica (Lamarck, 1822)
  • Melo umbilicatus (Broderip in Sowerby, 1826) Heavy baler or umbilicate melon

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