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Class: GASTROPODA
--- Taxon Tree: CAENOGASTROPODA [Subclass] - NEOGASTROPODA [Order] - BUCCINOIDEA [Superfamily]
------ Family: MELONGENIDAE Gill, 1871 (Sea)
------------ Genus: Volema P.F. Röding, 1788
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--------------- Species: Volema pyrum (J.F. Gmelin, 1791) - ID: 1960700005
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South Africa, Natal - 58 mm
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synonyms: |
Pyrula calcaratus S.C.T. Hanley, 1856
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Pyrula citrina J.B.P.A. Lamarck, 1822
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Volema cotonea P.F. Röding, 1798
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Murex ficus J.F. Gmelin, 1791
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Pugilina laevis H.C.F. Schumacher, 1817
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Volema nuxmoschata P.F. Röding, 1798
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Melongena pirum P. Dautzenberg, 1929
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Volema pyrum P.F. Röding, 1798
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Buccinum pyrum J.F. Gmelin, 1791
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Buccinum spadiceum J.F. Gmelin, 1791
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Additional DB records: |
Red Sea - 55.9 mm
Red Sea, Sinai - 48.5 mm
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East China Sea - 28 mm
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Kenya, Mombasa
Kenya, Mombasa Island
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Madagascar, Ambatoxavavy, E of Nosy Be
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Madagascar, Ankifi, south of Nosy Komba
Madagascar, Nosy Be
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Madagascar, Nosy n?Tangam, west Nosy Be
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Madagascar, Nosy Sakatia, W. NosyBe
Madagascar, soft, grey mud, Baie d Ambaro
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Mexico, Campeche
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Mozambique, Bazruto Island, Bazaruto Bay
Mozambique, Inhaca Island, Lourenco Marques Bay
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Mozambique, Laurenco Marques
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Mozambique, Mozambique City
Mozambique, Nazare
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Mozambique, off dock, mud-sand, Nacala
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Mozambique, Santa Carolina Island, Bazaruto Bay
Somalia, Mogadiscio
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Sri Lanka
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Tanzania, Dar es Salaam
Tanzania, Zanzibar
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Tanzania, Zanzibar, Kiwenga
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Tanzania, Zanzibar, near Lighthouse, Makunduchi
Tanzania, Zanzibar, Ras Nungwe
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Tanzania, Zanzibar, rock & beach, Kibweni
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Tanzania, Zanzibar, sand & coral & rock, Chumbe Island
Tanzania, Zanzibar, sand, grass & coral rock, Chwaka
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Yemen, Aden
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Zanzibar, Kiwenga
Zanzibar, Ras Nungwe
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Zanzibar, rock & beach, Kibweni
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------------------ Sub or form: Volema pyrum nodosa (J.B.P.A. Lamarck, 1822) - ID: 1960700010
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Egypt, Sinai Peninsula - 58,8 mm
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Additional DB records: |
Red Sea - 52 mm
Red Sea - 47 mm
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Egypt, Geb Zabara, Red Sea
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Eritrea, Abiad Bay, Entedebir Island, ca 50 km E of Massawa
Eritrea, Massawa, Red Sea (Mitsiwa)
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Saudi Arabia, 10 km north of Jidda
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Somalia, Candala
Sudan, Port Sudan, Red Sea
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Yemen, Aden, Red Sea
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Yemen, Bandar Tawahi, Aden
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Yemen, Ras Boridly, Aden
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Image from Claudio Galli
Red Sea - 47 mm
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------------------ Sub or form: Volema pyrum paradisiaca P.F. Röding, 1798 - ID: 1960450015
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synonyms: |
Melongena paradisaica P.F. Röding, 1798
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Pyrula paradisiaca L.A. Reeve, 1847
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Additional DB records: |
Mozambique - 53 mm
Madagascar - 52,2 mm
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Tanzania - 52 mm
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Indian - 52 mm
Tulear, Madagascar - 50,4 mm
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Indian - 47 mm
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Indian Ocean - 46 mm
S.china sea to S.taiwan strait - 43,7 mm
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Toliara, SW Madagascar - 43,2 mm
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Indian Ocean - 36,5 mm
Kunduchi,Tanzania,9/1983 - 35 mm
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india - 31,9 mm
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Kenya - 30,9 mm
Obba - Somalia - 27 mm
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Zanzibar - 49 mm
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Indian Ocean intertidal 2002 - 46,8 mm
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Mexico, Acapulco
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Image from Claudio Galli
Indian Ocean intertidal 2002 - 46,8 mm
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