Kingdom Animalia Superfamily Buccinoidea Scientific name Pugilina cochlidium Rank Species | Class Gastropoda Genus Volegalea Phylum Mollusca Family Melongenidae | |
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Similar Pugilina, Melongenidae, Hemifusus, Melongena, Hemifusus ternatanus | ||
Volegalea cochlidium, common name the spiral melongena, is a species of large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Melongenidae, the crown conches and their allies.
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Description
The size of the adult shell varies between 60 mm and 150 mm.
Distribution
This species occurs in the Eastern Indian Ocean and also off Southern India, in the Pacific Ocean around the Philippines, Vietnam and off Australia (Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia)
References
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