WoRMS taxon details
original description
(of Voluta aethiopica Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. <em>Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae.</em> , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors [request]
original description
(of Cymbium aethiopicum var. aurantium S. G. Finch, 1930) Finch, S. G. (1930). <i>Cymbium aethiopicum</i>, Linn. var. <i>aurantium</i>, nov. <em>Journal of Conchology, London.</em> 19(2): 55., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/63325417 [details]
basis of record
Dharma, B. (2023). Species of <i>Melo</i> Broderip in Sowerby I, 1826 fom the Indonesian archipelago, with the description of two new species (Gastropoda: Volutidae). <em>Novapex.</em> 24(1): 1-20. page(s): 6, figs 3A-N [details]
From editor or global species database
Distribution (from Dharma 2023) Widespread in Indonesia, from the Barrang Lompo Islands, and Banggai Islands in Sulawesi waters in the west to Taliabu Island, Obi Island, Bacan Island, Seram Island of North Maluku Province, and extending to other localities in
Provincial Maluku: the Aru Islands, Kai Islands, and the Tanimbar Islands. It also extends to the west coast of West Papua. [details]
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English |
crowned baler [from synonym] |
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