Melo amphora (common name: Diadem volute) is a large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Volutidae, the volutes.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Melon Shell being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Mollusca
- Class
- Gastropoda
- Order
- Neogastropoda
- Family
- Volutidae
- Genus
- Melo
- Species
- Melo amphora
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