Biology:Melongenidae
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Short description: Family of gastropods
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| A live Melongena corona in the process of rolling over using its operculum | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Buccinoidea |
| Family: | Melongenidae Gill, 1871 (1854) |
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| Gill, 1871 (1854) | |
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The Melongenidae, the crown conchs and their relatives, are a taxonomic family of large to very large marine gastropods in the superfamily Buccinoidea.[1]
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:
- Subfamily Melongeninae Gill, 1871 (1854) - synonyms: Cassidulidae Gray, 1854 (inv.); Galeodidae Thiele, 1925 (inv.); Volemidae Winckworth, 1945; Heligmotomidae Adegoke, 1977
- Subfamily Echinofulgurinae Petuch, 1994
Genera
Genera in the family Melongenidae include:[3]
- Brunneifusus Dekkers, 2018
- Hemifusus Swainson, 1840
- Lenifusus Dekkers, 2018
- Melongena Schumacher, 1817 - crown conchs
- Pugilina Schumacher, 1817
- Saginafusus Wenz, 1943
- † Sycostoma Cox, 1931
- Taphon H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853
- Volegalea Iredale, 1938
- Volema Röding, 1798
- Genera brought into synonymy
- Cassidulus Gray, 1854: synonym of Pugilina Schumacher, 1817
- Galeodes Röding, 1798 : synonym of Melongena Schumacher, 1817
- Semifusus Agassiz, 1846 synonym of Hemifusus Swainson, 1840
- Thalessa H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853: synonym of Volema Röding, 1798
References
- ↑ 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
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Kosyan A. R. & Kantor Yu. I. (2004). "Morphology, taxonomic status and relationships of Melongenidae (Gastropoda: Neogastropoda)". Ruthenica 14(1): 9-36. abstract and preview
- ↑ "Melongenidae". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=74069.
Wikidata ☰ Q148122 entry
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