Volema paradisiaca

Volema paradisiaca
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Buccinoidea
Family:	Melongenidae
Genus:	Volema
Species:	V. paradisiaca
Binomial name
Volema paradisiaca Röding, 1798
Synonyms
Galeodes paradisaica (Röding, 1798) (misspelling) Galeodes paradisiaca (Röding, 1798) (previous combination) Melongena paradisaica (Röding, 1798) (misspelling) Melongena paradisiaca (Röding, 1798) (previous combination) Pyrula citrina Lamarck, J.B.P.A. de, 1822 Pyrula nodosa Lamarck, J.B.P.A. de, 1822 Pyrula paradisiaca Reeve, L.A., 1847

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.^[1]

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

1. Volema paradisiaca Röding, 1798.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 2 April 2011.

• Spry, J.F. (1961). The sea shells of Dar es Salaam: Gastropods. Tanganyika Notes and Records 56
• Richmond, M. (Ed.) (1997). A guide to the seashores of Eastern Africa and the Western Indian Ocean islands. Sida/Department for Research Cooperation, SAREC: Stockholm, Sweden. ISBN 91-630-4594-X. 448 pp.

External links

• Gastropods.com : Volema paradisiaca; accessed : 2 April 2011