Kingdom Animalia Superfamily Buccinoidea Genus Volema Phylum Mollusca | Class Gastropoda Family Melongenidae Scientific name Volema paradisiaca Rank Species | |
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Similar Volegalea cochlidium, Melongena melongena, Pugilina morio, Pugilina, Hemifusus ternatanus | ||
Volema paradisiaca, common name : the Pear Melongena, is a species of 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 40 mm and 52 mm.
Distribution
This species occurs in the Indian Ocean off Madagascar, Mozambique and Tanzania; in the Singapore Strait.
References
Volema paradisiaca Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA