Shells of South
East Queensland

Tweed Heads to Noosa
Volutidae

Melo umbilicatus

(Broderip & G. B. Sowerby, 1829)
Shell: large to extremely large, solid, globose , ranging from 135-310 mm. Spire low. ; shoulder with angled spines which curve sharply over the spire with 8 shoulder nodules per whorl.


Specimens

Moreton bay,  Australia
Size: 310mm    Collected: Unknown
Trawled.