Volegalea cochlidium | |
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Shell of Volegalea cochlidium | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Buccinoidea |
Family: | Melongenidae |
Genus: | Volegalea |
Species: | V. cochlidium |
Binomial name | |
Volegalea cochlidium (Linnaeus, 1758) | |
Synonyms. [1] | |
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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. [1]
The size of the adult shell varies between 60 mm and 150 mm.
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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)
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