Melo (genus)
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 Indian volute, Melo melo
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Melo is a genus of large sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Volutidae, the volutes.
[edit] Species in the genus Melo
- Melo aethiopica Linnaeus, C., 1758) Crowned baler
- Melo amphora, (Lightfoot, J., 1786) Giant baler
- Melo diadema
- Melo broderipii (Griffith, E. & E. Pidgeon, 1834)
- Melo georginae (Griffith, E. & E. Pidgeon, 1834)
- Melo melo (Lightfoot, J., 1786) Indian volute
- Melo miltonis (Griffith, E. & E. Pidgeon, 1834) Milton's melon or Southern bailer
- Melo nautica (Lamarck, 1822)
- Melo umbilicatus (Broderip in Sowerby, 1826) Heavy baler or umbilicate melon
