Melo aethiopica: Brief Summary
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Melo aethiopica, common name the crowned baler, is a very large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Volutidae, the volutes.
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(from Dharma 2023) Widespread in Indonesia, from the Barrang Lompo Islands, and Banggai Islands in Sulawesi waters in the west to Taliabu Island, Obi Island, Bacan Island, Seram Island of North Maluku Province, and extending to other localities in Provincial Maluku: the Aru Islands, Kai Islands, and the Tanimbar Islands. It also extends to the west coast of West Papua.
Dharma, B. (2023). Species of Melo Broderip in Sowerby I, 1826 fom the Indonesian archipelago, with the description of two new species (Gastropoda: Volutidae). Novapex. 24(1): 1-20.
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