Florent's Guide To The

Tropical Reefs

Crowned Baler
Melo aethiopicus
Crowned Baler
Category: Volutes
Scientific Name: Melo aethiopicus
Size: Up to 12 in. (30 cm)  
Distribution: Indonesia
Mollusca (Phylum) Mollusks
└Gastropoda (Class) Gastropods
 └Caenogastropoda (Subclass) Caenogastropods
  └Neogastropoda (Order)
   └Volutoidea (Superfamily)
    └Volutidae (Family) Volutes
     └Melo (Genus)
      └M. aethiopicus (Species)
WoRMS ID: 590808🔗
iNaturalist ID: 865981🔗

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