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Species Melo amphora (Lightfoot, 1786)

Baler Or Melon Shell, Common Baler

 

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).


IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

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))

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. [72,pl. 2, 30, 31]

Wilson, B. 1994. Australian marine shells. Prosobranch gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp. [125]

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)

 

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
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