WoRMS taxon details
Melo Broderip, 1826
382355 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:382355)
accepted
Genus
Voluta melo [Lightfoot], 1786 accepted as Melo melo ([Lightfoot], 1786) (type by absolute tautonymy)
Melo (Melocorona) Pilsbry & Olsson, 1954 · unaccepted (synonym)
- Species Melo aethiopicus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Species Melo amphora ([Lightfoot, 1786])
- Species Melo ashmorensis H. Morrison & F. E. Wells, 2005
- Species Melo broderipii (Gray, 1833)
- Species Melo gajahmadai Dharma, 2023
- Species Melo georginae (Gray, 1833)
- Species Melo melo ([Lightfoot], 1786)
- Species Melo miltonis (J. E. Gray, 1833)
- Species Melo nusantara Dharma, 2023
- Species Melo peterstimpsoni T. Cossignani & Allary, 2021
- Species Melo tessellatus (Lamarck, 1811)
- Species Melo umbilicatus Broderip, 1826
- Subgenus Melo (Ausoba) H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853 accepted as Cymbiola Swainson, 1831 (objective synonym - the same type species)
- Subgenus Melo (Melocorona) Pilsbry & Olsson, 1954 accepted as Melo Broderip, 1826 (synonym)
- Species Melo aethiopica [sic] accepted as Melo aethiopicus (Linnaeus, 1758) (incorrect gender ending)
- Species Melo indicus Broderip, 1826 accepted as Melo melo ([Lightfoot], 1786) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
masculine
Sowerby I, G. B. (1821-1834). <i>The genera of recent and fossil shells, for the use of students, in conchology and geology</i>. Published in 42 parts. Vol. 1, pls 1-126 [1821-1825]; vol. 2, pls 127-262 + text (unpaginated) [1825-1834]. London: G. B. Sowerby. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45486673 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Melo Broderip, 1826. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=382355 on 2024-11-21
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original description
Sowerby I, G. B. (1821-1834). <i>The genera of recent and fossil shells, for the use of students, in conchology and geology</i>. Published in 42 parts. Vol. 1, pls 1-126 [1821-1825]; vol. 2, pls 127-262 + text (unpaginated) [1825-1834]. London: G. B. Sowerby. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45486673 [details]
original description (of Melo (Melocorona) Pilsbry & Olsson, 1954) Pilsbry, H. A. & Olsson, A. A. (1954). Systems of the Volutidae. <em>Bulletins of American Paleontology.</em> 35(152): 1-36 [271-306], pls 1-4 [25-28]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10576508
page(s): 294 [24] [details]
basis of record Bail, P.; Poppe, G.T. (2001). A conchological iconography: a taxonomic introduction of the recent Volutidae. <em>ConchBooks, Hackenheim.</em> 30 pp, 5 pl. (updated October 2008 for WoRMS). [details]
original description (of Melo (Melocorona) Pilsbry & Olsson, 1954) Pilsbry, H. A. & Olsson, A. A. (1954). Systems of the Volutidae. <em>Bulletins of American Paleontology.</em> 35(152): 1-36 [271-306], pls 1-4 [25-28]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10576508
page(s): 294 [24] [details]
basis of record Bail, P.; Poppe, G.T. (2001). A conchological iconography: a taxonomic introduction of the recent Volutidae. <em>ConchBooks, Hackenheim.</em> 30 pp, 5 pl. (updated October 2008 for WoRMS). [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Diagnosis Very large shells with an inflated body whorl. [details]
