Summary ²

Volegalea cochlidium, common name the spiral melongena, is a species of large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Melongenidae, the crown conches and their allies.

Local Name ³

(Tamil) : Manjal Mulli;
மஞ்சள் முள் சங்கு

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1. (c) Rohith Srinivasan, all rights reserved, uploaded by Rohith Srinivasan
2. Adapted by Nanditha Ram Satagopan from a work by (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volegalea_cochlidium
3. (c) Nanditha Ram Satagopan, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)

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