Species Melo amphora (Lightfoot, 1786)
Baler Or Melon Shell, Common Baler
- Voluta amphora Lightfoot, J. 1786. A Catalogue of the Portland Museum, lately the property of the Duchess Dowager of Portland: deceased which will be sold by auction, by Mr. Skinner and Co., etc. London viii, 194 pp. + 44 pp. [30, no. 708].
Type data:
Status unknown, China (in error). - Cymbium flammeum Röding, P.F. 1798. Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturae quae olim collegerat Joa. Hamburg : Trappii 199 pp. [Date published September 1798] [151].
Type data:
Holotype no locality given. - Voluta diadema 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].
Type data:
Holotype l'Océan asiatique. - Voluta cithara Lightfoot, J. 1786. A Catalogue of the Portland Museum, lately the property of the Duchess Dowager of Portland: deceased which will be sold by auction, by Mr. Skinner and Co., etc. London viii, 194 pp. + 44 pp. [96, no. 2122] [not Voluta cithara Lamarck, 1803 = Athleta (Neoathleta) citharoedus Holten, 1802: a fossil species in Volutidae].
Type data:
Holotype Japan (in error). - Voluta haustrum Lightfoot, J. 1786. A Catalogue of the Portland Museum, lately the property of the Duchess Dowager of Portland: deceased which will be sold by auction, by Mr. Skinner and Co., etc. London viii, 194 pp. + 44 pp. [137, no. 3054].
Type data:
Syntype(s) China (in error). - Voluta armata 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].
Type data:
Holotype mers du Cap de Bonne-Esperance" (Cape of Good Hope) (in error). - Melo amphora knighti Jackson, N. 1954. Albinism in Volutes. Marine Zoologist 1(2): 35-37, pl. 2, figs 1, 2 [35, pl. 2, fig. 1].
Type data:
Holotype AM, Gloucester Passage, on the eastern side of Cape Glocester (Queensland, Australia).
Syntype(s) AM C.103338 dry, fringing reef edge, low water spring tide, Cape Gloucester, Dingo Beach, Queensland, Australia [20°4'58.8'S,148°30'28.8'E].
Generic Combinations
- Melo amphora (Lightfoot, 1786).
Distribution
States
Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Papua New Guinea; northern coast of Australia, south coast of New Guinea (POPPE1992A). Shark Bay, WA to southern Qld (Wilson1993B).
IMCRA
Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)
Ecological Descriptors
Intertidal, marine, mud-silt, sand, shallow subtidal, subtidal.
General References
Broderip, W.J. 1826. [Title unknown]. In, Sowerby, G.B. (ed). The Genera of Recent and Fossil Shells. London : Sowerby Vol. 28. (as Melo diadema (Lamarck, 1811))
Poppe, G.T. & Goto, Y. 1992. Volutes. Ancona : L'Informatore Piceno 348 pp., pl. 1-107. [187,pl. 88, fig. 2,pl. 89, fig. 2]
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. 2, pl. 3, figs 2a, 2b; pl. 4, figs 2c, 2d] (as Cymbium regium (Schubert & Wagner, 1829))
Reeve, L.A. 1861. Conchologia iconica. London : L. Reeve & Co. Vol. 13. [sp. 7, pl. 14, fig. 7a; pl. 15, figs 7b, 7c] (as Cymbium diadema (Lamarck, 1811))
Rehder, H.A. 1967. Valid Zoological Names of the Portland Catalogue. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 121(3579): 1-51 [9] (as Cymbium (Melo) amphora (Lightfoot, 1786))
Weaver, C.S. 1962. Volute Problems: The Australian Baler Shells. Hawaiian Shell News 11(1): 5, text figs 1-7 [5, text figs 1, 2] (as Melo amphora (Solander))
Wilson, B. 1994. Australian marine shells. Prosobranch gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp. [125,pl. 26, figs 1-6, 9,]
Wilson, B.R. & Gillett, K. 1971. Australian shells: illustrating and describing 600 species of marine gastropods found in Australian waters. Sydney : Reed Books 168 pp. [138,pl. 78,pl. 91,pl. 92, figs 4, 4a, 4b, 4c] (as Melo amphora Solander, 1786)
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] (as Melo amphorus) (Baler Or Melon Shell)
Wilson, B. 2002. A handbook to Australian seashells on seashores east to west and north to south. Sydney : Reed New Holland 185 pp. [154, pl. 155] (Common Baler)
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 |