Species Melo umbilicatus (Broderip, 1826)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Melo umbilicatus Broderip, W.J. 1826. [Title unknown]. In, Sowerby, G.B. (ed). The Genera of Recent and Fossil Shells. London : Sowerby Vol. 28. [224, fig. 3].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 1837.12.1.34, no locality given; subsequently restricted by Gray (1855) to Moreton Bay, south Queensland, Australia.
• Voluta ducalis Lamarck, J.P.B.A de M. 1811. Suite de la détermination des espèces de mollusques testacés, Mitre (Mitra). Annales du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris 17: 54-80, 195-222 [57, 58] [species dubia].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, l'Océan Indien (in error).

 

Generic Combinations

• Melo umbilicatus (Broderip, 1826).

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Papua New Guinea; Northern Territory to southern Queensland.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Northern Shelf Province (25), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Carnivorous, direct developer, intertidal, marine, mud-silt, sand, shallow subtidal, subtidal.

Extra Ecological Information

Oviparous; to 20 m.

 

General References

Allan, J. & Middleton, T.C. 1946. Observations on the egg case and young of the baler shell Melo umbilicata Brod. Victorian Naturalist 62: 172-177 [172]

Gray, J.E. 1855. Observations of the species of Volutes — Volutidae. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1855(Part 23): 50-65 [Date published 16 May 1855] [54] (as Cymbium umbilicatum (Broderip, 1826))

Poppe, G.T. & Goto, Y. 1992. Volutes. Ancona : L'Informatore Piceno 348 pp., pl. 1-107. [190,pl. 88, fig.1]

Reeve, L.A. 1860. Monograph of the genus Thracia. pls 1-26 in Reeve, L.A. (ed). Conchologia Iconica. London : L. Reeve & Co. Vol. 13. [sp. 4, pl. 7, fig. 4a; pl. 8, figs 4b-e; pl. 9, fig. 5a; pl. 10, fig. 5b] (as Cymbium ducale (Lamarck, 1811))

Weaver, C.S. 1962. Volute Problems: The Australian Baler Shells. Hawaiian Shell News 11(1): 5, text figs 1-7 [5, text figs 3, 4] (as Melo ducalis (Lamarck, 1811))

Weaver, C.S. & du Pont, J.E. 1970. Living Volutes - A Monograph of the Recent Volutidae of the World. Monograph Series No. 1. Greenville Delaware : Delaware Museum of Natural History pp. 1-375. [75,pl. 29A-B]

Wilson, B. 1994. Australian marine shells. Prosobranch gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp. [125,pl. 26, figs 7-8,pl. 26A, fig. 1; pl. 27, fig. 5]

 

Common Name References

Allan, J.K. 1950. Australian shells: with related animals living in the sea, in freshwater and on the land. Melbourne : Georgian House xix, 470 pp., 45 pls, 112 text figs. [163] (Umbilicate Melon Shell)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
01-Jun-2021	OLIVOIDEA	02-Feb-2012	MOVED	Mr Des Beechey (AM) Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM)
		28-Nov-2011	MODIFIED