Volema paradisiaca
| Volema paradisiaca | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Buccinoidea |
| Family: | Melongenidae |
| Genus: | Volema |
| Species: | V. paradisiaca |
| Binomial name | |
| Volema paradisiaca Röding, 1798 | |
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Volema paradisiaca, common name : the Pear Melongena, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Melongenidae, the crown conches and their allies.[1]
Description
The size of the adult shell varies between 40 mm and 52 mm.
Distribution
This species occurs in the Indian Ocean off Madagascar, Mozambique and Tanzania; in the Singapore Strait.
References
- ↑ Volema paradisiaca Röding, 1798. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 2 April 2011.
- Spry, J.F. (1961). The sea shells of Dar es Salaam: Gastropods. Tanganyika Notes and Records 56
- Richmond, M. (Ed.) (1997). A guide to the seashores of Eastern Africa and the Western Indian Ocean islands. Sida/Department for Research Cooperation, SAREC: Stockholm, Sweden. ISBN 91-630-4594-X. 448 pp.