Melo broderipii
- Usual depth38 m
- Water temperature29–30 °C
- Best monthsJanuary, February, and April
- How commonRare
About this species
Melo broderipii is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Volutidae, the volutes.
Text from the Wikipedia article “Melo broderipii”, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Read the article
Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 1 records
- February: 1 records
- March: 0 records
- April: 1 records
- May: 0 records
- June: 1 records
- July: 1 records
- August: 1 records
- September: 0 records
- October: 0 records
- November: 0 records
- December: 0 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 38 m · Deepest record: 38 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 29–30 °C
Names and classification
Other scientific names: Voluta broderipii, Voluta lamarckii
Similar species
- Baler shell
Melo melo
Bat voluteCymbiola vespertilio
- Aulica volute
Cymbiola aulica
- Imperial volute
Cymbiola imperialis
Sources and credits
Names and taxonomy: WoRMS (CC BY 4.0) and the GBIF Backbone (CC BY 4.0). Photos: iNaturalist observers, each under the licence shown (CC0, CC BY or CC BY-SA).
- Depth, temperature, months and maps: records from OBIS and GBIF under CC0 or CC BY.
- Descriptions: Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA, each linked to its article.
- Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
- 22 open-data records from 1958 to 2009.
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