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Class: Gastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Volutidae volutes

Genus: Melo

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6 species (see list below)
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FAO

Indo-West Pacific
Max. Length 50 cm SHL
Melo amphora(Lightfoot, 1786)

Photo by FAO
 
Melo amphora
[Diadem volute]
No picture found
 
Melo broderipii
[Crowned baler]

Poppe, Guido and Philippe

Indo-West Pacific
Max. Length 27.5 cm SHL
Melo melo(Lightfoot, 1786)

Photo by Poppe, Guido and Philippe
 
Melo melo
[Indian volute]
No picture found
 
Melo nauticum
[]
No picture found
 
Melo peterstimpsoni
[]
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Melo umbilicatus
[]


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