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''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" (the shells were sometimes used for bailing out canoes) or "melons" (because the shell resembles that fruit). 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: * ''Melo aethiopica'' Linnaeus, 1758) Crowned baler * ''Melo amphora'', (Lightfoot, 1786) Giant baler * ''Melo diadema'' * ''Melo broderipii'' (Griffith, E. & E. Pidgeon, 1834) * ''Melo georginae'' (Griffith, E. & E. Pidgeon, 1834) * ''Melo melo'' (Lightfoot, 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 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Melo (gastropod)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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