Melo (gastropod)
Melo is a genus of extremely large sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Volutidae, the volutes. Because of their huge ovate shells, these snails are often known as "bailers" or "melons".
Species in this genus sometimes produce large pearls. The image in the taxobox shows a group of these pearls with a shell of the species Melo melo.Species
Species in the genus Melo include:
Ecology
Parasites of Melo sp. include trematode Lophotaspis macdonaldi.
