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Giant Baler Shell or Diadem Volute

Melo amphora

Photo by Christiane
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Field Notes

Notes:

This thing as big as a football.. maybe bigger!!!

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Melo amphora

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (13)
Christiane
@ Noe and Pili .. Reefs here are beautiful ... but the best place I have seen is Vanuatu!
Elsa
Cool, glad I could be of assistance :)
Christiane
Elsa.. A diver from Exmouth, Western Australia just ID it.. and yes.. it is a Melo Genus...Thanks for your help!
Elsa
Wow.. That's crazy. Check out Melo though - pretty certain it is a species in that genus. And judging by the size even more so..
Christiane
@ Elsa.. It was huge.. like an oversize football..
Elsa
It's of the Melo genus - not sure about species. Needs some googling.
Elsa
But then on second thought the shape is too rounded to be coneshell..
Elsa
Strange.. the flat front of the shell makes me think coneshell (incredibly venomous). How big was it?
Christiane
Still no ID for the animal!! Maybe some divers are online!

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PublishedMay 30, 2011

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