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Archaeology | | English term or phrase: baler shell | | Legenda de mapa da pré-história. |
| | | concha do Melo aethiopica Linnaeus | Explanation:
baler shell => concha do Melo aethiopica Linnaeus, C., 1758 (Crowned baler)
Melo (genus)
Melo
Indian volute, Melo melo along with a group of Melo "pearls"
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Orthogastropoda
Order: Sorbeoconcha
Superfamily: Volutoidea
Family: Volutidae
Genus: Melo
Sowerby, 1826
Species
Melo is a genus of extremely large sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Volutidae, the volutes.
Species in this genus sometimes produces large "pearls", calcareous concretions. The image in the taxobox shows a group of these "pearls" along with a shell of the species Melo melo.
Species in the genus Melo
* Melo aethiopica Linnaeus, C., 1758) Crowned baler
* Melo amphora, (Lightfoot, J., 1786) Giant baler
* Melo diadema
* Melo broderipii (Griffith, E. & E. Pidgeon, 1834)
* Melo georginae (Griffith, E. & E. Pidgeon, 1834)
* Melo melo (Lightfoot, J., 1786) Indian volute
* Melo miltonis (Griffith, E. & E. Pidgeon, 1834) Milton's melon or Southern bailer
* Melo nautica (Lamarck, 1822)
* Melo umbilicatus (Broderip in Sowerby, 1826) Heavy baler or umbilicate melon
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melo_(genus) |
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14 mins confidence:  peer agreement (net): +1 concha comprimida
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8 hrs confidence: peer agreement (net): +1 concha do Melo aethiopica Linnaeus
Explanation:
baler shell => concha do Melo aethiopica Linnaeus, C., 1758 (Crowned baler)
Melo (genus)
Melo
Indian volute, Melo melo along with a group of Melo "pearls"
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Orthogastropoda
Order: Sorbeoconcha
Superfamily: Volutoidea
Family: Volutidae
Genus: Melo
Sowerby, 1826
Species
Melo is a genus of extremely large sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Volutidae, the volutes.
Species in this genus sometimes produces large "pearls", calcareous concretions. The image in the taxobox shows a group of these "pearls" along with a shell of the species Melo melo.
Species in the genus Melo
* Melo aethiopica Linnaeus, C., 1758) Crowned baler
* Melo amphora, (Lightfoot, J., 1786) Giant baler
* Melo diadema
* Melo broderipii (Griffith, E. & E. Pidgeon, 1834)
* Melo georginae (Griffith, E. & E. Pidgeon, 1834)
* Melo melo (Lightfoot, J., 1786) Indian volute
* Melo miltonis (Griffith, E. & E. Pidgeon, 1834) Milton's melon or Southern bailer
* Melo nautica (Lamarck, 1822)
* Melo umbilicatus (Broderip in Sowerby, 1826) Heavy baler or umbilicate melon
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melo_(genus)
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PRO pts in category: 4
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| Oct 19, 2008 - Changes made by airmailrpl: | | Edited KOG entry | Gouveia's old entry - "baler shell" => "concha do Melo aethiopica Linnaeus" |
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