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Name:
Common name:
crowned baler, baler shell
Synonym:
Voluta broderipii, (Gray in Griffith & Pidgeon, 1833)
Family / Genus / Species / Binom / Author:
Volutidae → Melo → broderipii → Melo broderipii → Gray, 1833
Protection status:
Quality:
Location:
Bohol, Philippines / Indo-Pacific
Size of the specimen:
Length: 30 cm
Width: 23 cm
Height: 18 cm
Weight:
Impressively large collector's specimen of this predatory living snail. It is one of the largest snail species found and occasionally makes rare and expensive orange pearls.