Common Name

Unknown

Status

Only known from the holotype; regarded as a synonym (form) of C. boeticus.

Type Locality

Japan

Distribution

Japan - Philippines

Maximum Reported Size

27 mm

Description

C. meleus has a white shell with yellow axial blotches of both sides of centre; its morphological characters does not justify taxonomic separation from C. boeticus.

References

• Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (8) 11: p. 558, pl. 9, fig. 3.