WoRMS taxon details
Melo aethiopicus (Linnaeus, 1758)
590808 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:590808)
accepted
Species
Cymbium aethiopicum (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Cymbium aethiopicum var. aurantium S. G. Finch, 1930 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Melo aethiopica [sic] · unaccepted (incorrect gender ending)
Voluta aethiopica Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted (original combination)
marine
(of Voluta aethiopica Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. <em>Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae.</em> , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors 
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Distribution (from Dharma 2023) Widespread in Indonesia, from the Barrang Lompo Islands, and Banggai Islands in Sulawesi waters in the...
Distribution (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. [details]
Provincial Maluku: the Aru Islands, Kai Islands, and the Tanimbar Islands. It also extends to the west coast of West Papua. [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Melo aethiopicus (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=590808 on 2024-11-20
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original description
(of Voluta aethiopica Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. <em>Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae.</em> , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Cymbium aethiopicum var. aurantium S. G. Finch, 1930) Finch, S. G. (1930). <i>Cymbium aethiopicum</i>, Linn. var. <i>aurantium</i>, nov. <em>Journal of Conchology, London.</em> 19(2): 55., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/63325417 [details]
basis of record Dharma, B. (2023). Species of <i>Melo</i> Broderip in Sowerby I, 1826 fom the Indonesian archipelago, with the description of two new species (Gastropoda: Volutidae). <em>Novapex.</em> 24(1): 1-20.
page(s): 6, figs 3A-N [details]
[request]original description (of Cymbium aethiopicum var. aurantium S. G. Finch, 1930) Finch, S. G. (1930). <i>Cymbium aethiopicum</i>, Linn. var. <i>aurantium</i>, nov. <em>Journal of Conchology, London.</em> 19(2): 55., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/63325417 [details]
basis of record Dharma, B. (2023). Species of <i>Melo</i> Broderip in Sowerby I, 1826 fom the Indonesian archipelago, with the description of two new species (Gastropoda: Volutidae). <em>Novapex.</em> 24(1): 1-20.
page(s): 6, figs 3A-N [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Distribution (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 inProvincial Maluku: the Aru Islands, Kai Islands, and the Tanimbar Islands. It also extends to the west coast of West Papua. [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | crowned baler [from synonym] | [details] |
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Melo aethiopica [sic])
To Conchology (Melo aethiopicus)
To Malacopics (Melo aethiopicus (Linnaeus, 1758) Philippines, Calabarzon, Quezon, Tayabas Bay, ex ...
To Malacopics (Melo aethiopicus (Linnaeus, 1758) Philippines, ex coll. A.J. Karels)
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ MOL 877680 Dorsal) (from synonym Melo aethiopica [sic])
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Melo aethiopica [sic])
To Conchology (Melo aethiopicus)
To Malacopics (Melo aethiopicus (Linnaeus, 1758) Philippines, Calabarzon, Quezon, Tayabas Bay, ex ...
To Malacopics (Melo aethiopicus (Linnaeus, 1758) Philippines, ex coll. A.J. Karels)
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ MOL 877680 Dorsal) (from synonym Melo aethiopica [sic])
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Melo aethiopica [sic])
.jpg "To Malacopics (Melo aethiopicus (Linnaeus, 1758) Philippines, Calabarzon, Quezon, Tayabas Bay, ex ...")
