Fossil Detail

C lass：Gastropoda 腹足綱
Order：Neogastropoda 新腹足目
Family：Volutidae 渦螺科
Genus：Melo 
Scientific Name ：Melo melo  (Lightfoot, 1786)
Chinese Name：椰子渦螺
Fossil Location：苗栗縣通霄鎮-通霄層（Tungshiao Formation, Tongsiao Township, Miaoli County）
Fosill Ages：更新世, Pleistocene
Reservation Location： 國立台中自然科學博物館
Inventory No.：NMNS000408
Size：SH12.5cm, Dia7.0cm
Reference：台灣貝類化石誌1-3:207, 1991
Plate：圖版三十五，圖 17,18

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