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Melo aethiopica[edit]

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Original - Melo aethiopica, common name the "crowned baler", is a very large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Volutidae, the volutes. This specimen was collected by the photographer in the Indonesia/New Guinea region (i.e. the broader definition of the Malay Archipelago).
Reason
Same technical standard as other similar images recently featured. Already featured on Commons.
Articles in which this image appears
Melo aethiopica
FP category for this image
Animals/Molluscs
Creator
H. Zell

Promoted File:Melo_aethiopica_001.jpg --Makeemlighter (talk) 01:21, 13 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]