Melo melo
| Indian volute | |
|---|---|
| A shell of the Indian volute, Melo melo | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Volutidae |
| Genus: | Melo |
| Species: | M. melo |
| Binomial name | |
| Melo melo (Lightfoot, 1786) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Melo melo, common name the Indian volute or bailer shell (also spelled baler), is a very large edible sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Volutidae, the volutes.