Volema paradisiaca
# Volema paradisiaca

Volema paradisiaca, common name : the Pear Melongena, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Melongenidae, the crown conches and their allies. This species may be a synonym of Volema pyrum.

## Description

The size of the adult shell varies between 40 mm and 52 mm. The shell is cream-colored (with top of the spire being darker) and somewhat pear-shaped, and is mostly smooth with faint ridges on the lower half of the body whorl. The shell of Volema paradisiaca lacks any knobs or spines.

## Distribution

This species occurs in the Indian Ocean off Madagascar, Mozambique and Tanzania; in the Singapore Strait.

