Melongenidae

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Melongenidae
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A live Melongena corona in the process of rolling over using its operculum
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Buccinoidea
Family: Melongenidae
Gill, 1871 (1854)
Type species
Gill, 1871 (1854)
Synonyms
  • Cassidulidae Gray, 1854 (invalid: type genus a junior homonym of Cassidulus Lamarck, 1801 [Echinodermata], which is itself the type genus of Cassidulidae L. Agassiz & Desor, 1847)
  • Galeodidae Thiele, 1925 (invalid: type genus a junior homonym of Galeodes Olivier, 1791 [Arachnida])
  • † Heligmotomidae Adegoke, 1977
  • Melongeninae Gill, 1871 (1854)
  • Volemidae Winckworth, 1945

The Melongenidae, the crown conchs and their relatives, are a taxonomic family of large to very large marine gastropods in the superfamily Buccinoidea. [1]

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Taxonomy

For a while prior to 2004, the genera Busycon and Busycotypus were placed in the Melongenidae. [2] Then, in 2004, based on their digestive systems and on cladistic analysis by Kosyan & Kantor (2004), [2] these two genera were moved to the family Busyconidae within the superfamily Buccinoidea.

According to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi (2005), the Melongenidae consists of two subfamilies:

Genera

Genera in the family Melongenidae include: [3]

Genera brought into synonymy

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References

  1. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Melongenidae Gill, 1871 (1854). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=160182 on 2021-02-27
  2. 1 2 Kosyan A. R. & Kantor Yu. I. (2004). "Morphology, taxonomic status and relationships of Melongenidae (Gastropoda: Neogastropoda)". Ruthenica14(1): 9-36. abstract and preview
  3. "Melongenidae". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.