MolluscaBase taxon details
Melo melo ([Lightfoot], 1786)
215200 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:215200)
accepted
Species
Cymbium indicum (Gmelin, 1791) · unaccepted
Cymbium maculatum Röding, 1798 · unaccepted (synopnym)
Cymbium melo ([Lightfoot], 1786) · unaccepted
Melo indicus Broderip, 1826 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Melo melo melo ([Lightfoot], 1786) · unaccepted
Voluta anguria [Lightfoot], 1786 · unaccepted (synonym)
Voluta citrina Fischer von Waldheim, 1807 · unaccepted (synonym)
Voluta indica Gmelin, 1791 · unaccepted (synonym)
Voluta melo [Lightfoot], 1786 · unaccepted (original combination)
- Subspecies Melo melo melo ([Lightfoot], 1786) accepted as Melo melo ([Lightfoot], 1786)
- Subspecies Melo melo tessellatus (Lamarck, 1811) accepted as Melo tessellatus (Lamarck, 1811)
marine
(of Voluta melo [Lightfoot], 1786) Lightfoot, J. (1786). A Catalogue of the Portland Museum, lately the property of the Dutchess Dowager of Portland, deceased; which will be sold by auction by Mr. Skinner & Co. <em>[book].</em> London. viii + 194 pp., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43259464
page(s): 3 [details]
page(s): 3 [details]
Distribution (from Dharma 2023) In Indonesian waters from Bangka Belitung Islands in the south through the Karimata Strait, between...
Distribution (from Dharma 2023) In Indonesian waters from Bangka Belitung Islands in the south through the Karimata Strait, between Sumatra and Kalimantan, and north to the Riau Archipelago off East Sumatra; in the Indian Ocean in Sibolga, Northwest Sumatra. Widespread outside Indonesia: Myanmar, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam, the South China Sea and the Philippines. [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Melo melo (Lightfoot, 1786). Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=215200 on 2024-04-20
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original description
(of Voluta anguria [Lightfoot], 1786) Lightfoot, J. (1786). A Catalogue of the Portland Museum, lately the property of the Dutchess Dowager of Portland, deceased; which will be sold by auction by Mr. Skinner & Co. <em>[book].</em> London. viii + 194 pp., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43259464 [details]
original description (of Voluta citrina Fischer von Waldheim, 1807) Fischer von Waldheim, G. (1807). <i>Museum Demidoff, ou, Catalogue systématique et raisonné des curiosités de la nature et de l'art: données à l'Université Impériale de Moscou par son excellence Monsieur Paul de Demidoff. Tome III. Végétaux et Animaux</i>. Moscow: Imprimerie de Université Impériale de Moscou. 300 pp, 6 pls. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/58562487 [details]
original description (of Voluta indica Gmelin, 1791) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Vermes. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 13. Tome 1(6). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. <em>Systema Naturae. Linneaeus (ed.). Ed. 13.</em> 1: pars. 6., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5 [details]
original description (of Cymbium maculatum Röding, 1798) Röding, P. F. (1798). Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturæ quæ olim collegerat Joa. Fried Bolten, M. D. p. d. per XL. annos proto physicus Hamburgensis. Pars secunda continens Conchylia sive Testacea univalvia, bivalvia & multivalvia. Trapp, Hamburg, viii + 199 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16230659 [details]
original description (of Voluta melo [Lightfoot], 1786) Lightfoot, J. (1786). A Catalogue of the Portland Museum, lately the property of the Dutchess Dowager of Portland, deceased; which will be sold by auction by Mr. Skinner & Co. <em>[book].</em> London. viii + 194 pp., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43259464
page(s): 3 [details]
original description (of Melo indicus Broderip, 1826) 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
page(s): 28, [254], figs. 1, 2. [details]
context source (HKRMS) Morton, B. & Morton, J. (1983). <i>The sea shore ecology of Hong Kong</i>. Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press. 350 pp. [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]
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): 3, figs 2A-F, U [details]
original description (of Voluta citrina Fischer von Waldheim, 1807) Fischer von Waldheim, G. (1807). <i>Museum Demidoff, ou, Catalogue systématique et raisonné des curiosités de la nature et de l'art: données à l'Université Impériale de Moscou par son excellence Monsieur Paul de Demidoff. Tome III. Végétaux et Animaux</i>. Moscow: Imprimerie de Université Impériale de Moscou. 300 pp, 6 pls. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/58562487 [details]
original description (of Voluta indica Gmelin, 1791) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Vermes. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 13. Tome 1(6). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. <em>Systema Naturae. Linneaeus (ed.). Ed. 13.</em> 1: pars. 6., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5 [details]
original description (of Cymbium maculatum Röding, 1798) Röding, P. F. (1798). Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturæ quæ olim collegerat Joa. Fried Bolten, M. D. p. d. per XL. annos proto physicus Hamburgensis. Pars secunda continens Conchylia sive Testacea univalvia, bivalvia & multivalvia. Trapp, Hamburg, viii + 199 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16230659 [details]
original description (of Voluta melo [Lightfoot], 1786) Lightfoot, J. (1786). A Catalogue of the Portland Museum, lately the property of the Dutchess Dowager of Portland, deceased; which will be sold by auction by Mr. Skinner & Co. <em>[book].</em> London. viii + 194 pp., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43259464
page(s): 3 [details]
original description (of Melo indicus Broderip, 1826) 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
page(s): 28, [254], figs. 1, 2. [details]
context source (HKRMS) Morton, B. & Morton, J. (1983). <i>The sea shore ecology of Hong Kong</i>. Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press. 350 pp. [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]
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): 3, figs 2A-F, U [details]
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Distribution (from Dharma 2023) In Indonesian waters from Bangka Belitung Islands in the south through the Karimata Strait, between Sumatra and Kalimantan, and north to the Riau Archipelago off East Sumatra; in the Indian Ocean in Sibolga, Northwest Sumatra. Widespread outside Indonesia: Myanmar, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam, the South China Sea and the Philippines. [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | Indian volute | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (8 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (14 publications) (from synonym Cymbium melo ([Lightfoot], 1786))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Cymbium indicum (Gmelin, 1791))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To Conchology (Melo melo melo SINISTRAL) (from synonym Melo melo melo ([Lightfoot], 1786))
To Conchology (Melo melo melo YOUNG) (from synonym Melo melo melo ([Lightfoot], 1786))
To Conchology (Melo melo melo) (from synonym Melo melo melo ([Lightfoot], 1786))
To European Nucleotide Archive (ENA)
To GenBank (24 nucleotides; 24 proteins)
To GenBank (24 nucleotides; 24 proteins) (from synonym Voluta melo [Lightfoot], 1786)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (14 publications) (from synonym Cymbium melo ([Lightfoot], 1786))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Cymbium indicum (Gmelin, 1791))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To Conchology (Melo melo melo SINISTRAL) (from synonym Melo melo melo ([Lightfoot], 1786))
To Conchology (Melo melo melo YOUNG) (from synonym Melo melo melo ([Lightfoot], 1786))
To Conchology (Melo melo melo) (from synonym Melo melo melo ([Lightfoot], 1786))
To European Nucleotide Archive (ENA)
To GenBank (24 nucleotides; 24 proteins)
To GenBank (24 nucleotides; 24 proteins) (from synonym Voluta melo [Lightfoot], 1786)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
