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Domain: Eukaryota • Regnum: Animalia • Subregnum: Eumetazoa • Cladus: Bilateria • Superphylum: Protostomia • Phylum: Mollusca • Classis: Gastropoda • Subclassis: Prosobranchia • Ordo: Neogastropoda • Familia: Volutidae • Genus: Melo (genus) • Species: Melo aethiopica ( Linné, 1758)
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Melo aethiopica (Linné, 1758)
Difference of M. aethiopica to M. broderipii: In Melo aethiopica the protoconch doesn't surmount the last whorl or only marginally, in Melo broderipii [1] it does significantly.

Deutsch: Länge 24 cm, Herkunft Region Indonesien - Malaysia - Neu-Guinea. Gehäuse aus eigener Sammlung, daher nicht georeferenziert.
English: Crowned Baler, Volutidae, length 24 cm, originating from the region Indonesia - Malaysia - New Guinea. Shell of own collection, therefore not geocoded.
From left to right: Dorsal, lateral (right side), ventral, back, and front view.
Français : Melo aethiopica, un molusque gastéropode de la famille des Volutidae. Coquille venant de la région Malaisie-Nouvelle-Guinée Longueur 24 cm.
De gauche à droite: les vues dorsale, latérale droite, ventrale, arrière et avant.
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