Melongenidae

The Melongenidae, the crown conchs and their relatives, are a taxonomic family of large to very large marine gastropods in the clade Neogastropoda.

Melongenidae
A live Melongena corona in the process of rolling over using its operculum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:
Buccinoidea
Family:
Melongenidae

Gill, 1871 (1854)
Genera

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Taxonomy

For a while prior to 2004, the genera Busycon and Busycotypus were placed in the Melongenidae.[1] Then, in 2004, based on their digestive systems and on cladistic analysis by Kosyan & Kantor (2004),[1] 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:[2]

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

References
  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
  2. "Melongenidae". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.


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