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Melongena
''Melongena'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Melongenidae, the crown conches and their allies.WoRMS (2010). Melongena Schumacher, 1817. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=205587 on 2011-04-02 Species Species within the genus ''Melongena'' include: * † '' Melongena basilica'' (Bellardi, 1873) * '' Melongena bispinosa'' (Philippi, 1844) * † '' Melongena californica'' Anderson & Martin, 1914 F. M. Anderson and B. Martin. 1914. Neocene record in the Temblor Basin, California, and Neocene deposits of the San Juan District, San Luis Obispo County. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, Fourth Series 4(3):15-112 * ''Melongena corona'' (Gmelin, 1791) - crown conch - synonym: ''Melongena subcoronata'' * † ''Melongena lainei'' (Basterot, 1825) * '' Melongena melongena'' (Linnaeus, 1 ...
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Melongena Murifactor
''Melongena'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Melongenidae, the crown conches and their allies.WoRMS (2010). Melongena Schumacher, 1817. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=205587 on 2011-04-02 Species Species within the genus ''Melongena'' include: * † '' Melongena basilica'' (Bellardi, 1873) * '' Melongena bispinosa'' (Philippi, 1844) * † '' Melongena californica'' Anderson & Martin, 1914 F. M. Anderson and B. Martin. 1914. Neocene record in the Temblor Basin, California, and Neocene deposits of the San Juan District, San Luis Obispo County. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, Fourth Series 4(3):15-112 * ''Melongena corona'' (Gmelin, 1791) - crown conch - synonym: ''Melongena subcoronata'' * † '' Melongena lainei'' (Basterot, 1825) * '' Melongena melongena'' (Linnaeu ...
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Melongena Basilica
''Melongena'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Melongenidae, the crown conches and their allies.WoRMS (2010). Melongena Schumacher, 1817. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=205587 on 2011-04-02 Species Species within the genus ''Melongena'' include: * † '' Melongena basilica'' (Bellardi, 1873) * '' Melongena bispinosa'' (Philippi, 1844) * † '' Melongena californica'' Anderson & Martin, 1914 F. M. Anderson and B. Martin. 1914. Neocene record in the Temblor Basin, California, and Neocene deposits of the San Juan District, San Luis Obispo County. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, Fourth Series 4(3):15-112 * ''Melongena corona'' (Gmelin, 1791) - crown conch - synonym: ''Melongena subcoronata'' * † ''Melongena lainei'' (Basterot, 1825) * '' Melongena melongena'' (Linnaeus, 1 ...
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Melongena Pontonxensis
''Melongena'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Melongenidae, the crown conches and their allies.WoRMS (2010). Melongena Schumacher, 1817. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=205587 on 2011-04-02 Species Species within the genus ''Melongena'' include: * † ''Melongena basilica'' (Bellardi, 1873) * '' Melongena bispinosa'' (Philippi, 1844) * † '' Melongena californica'' Anderson & Martin, 1914 F. M. Anderson and B. Martin. 1914. Neocene record in the Temblor Basin, California, and Neocene deposits of the San Juan District, San Luis Obispo County. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, Fourth Series 4(3):15-112 * ''Melongena corona'' (Gmelin, 1791) - crown conch - synonym: ''Melongena subcoronata'' * † ''Melongena lainei'' (Basterot, 1825) * '' Melongena melongena'' (Linnaeus, 17 ...
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Melongena Lainei
''Melongena'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Melongenidae, the crown conches and their allies.WoRMS (2010). Melongena Schumacher, 1817. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=205587 on 2011-04-02 Species Species within the genus ''Melongena'' include: * † '' Melongena basilica'' (Bellardi, 1873) * '' Melongena bispinosa'' (Philippi, 1844) * † '' Melongena californica'' Anderson & Martin, 1914 F. M. Anderson and B. Martin. 1914. Neocene record in the Temblor Basin, California, and Neocene deposits of the San Juan District, San Luis Obispo County. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, Fourth Series 4(3):15-112 * ''Melongena corona'' (Gmelin, 1791) - crown conch - synonym: ''Melongena subcoronata'' * † '' Melongena lainei'' (Basterot, 1825) * '' Melongena melongena'' (Linnaeu ...
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Melongena Californica
''Melongena'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Melongenidae, the crown conches and their allies.WoRMS (2010). Melongena Schumacher, 1817. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=205587 on 2011-04-02 Species Species within the genus ''Melongena'' include: * † ''Melongena basilica'' (Bellardi, 1873) * '' Melongena bispinosa'' (Philippi, 1844) * † '' Melongena californica'' Anderson & Martin, 1914 F. M. Anderson and B. Martin. 1914. Neocene record in the Temblor Basin, California, and Neocene deposits of the San Juan District, San Luis Obispo County. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, Fourth Series 4(3):15-112 * ''Melongena corona'' (Gmelin, 1791) - crown conch - synonym: ''Melongena subcoronata'' * † ''Melongena lainei'' (Basterot, 1825) * '' Melongena melongena'' (Linnaeus, 17 ...
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Melongena Woodwardi
''Melongena'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Melongenidae, the crown conches and their allies.WoRMS (2010). Melongena Schumacher, 1817. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=205587 on 2011-04-02 Species Species within the genus ''Melongena'' include: * † ''Melongena basilica'' (Bellardi, 1873) * '' Melongena bispinosa'' (Philippi, 1844) * † ''Melongena californica'' Anderson & Martin, 1914 F. M. Anderson and B. Martin. 1914. Neocene record in the Temblor Basin, California, and Neocene deposits of the San Juan District, San Luis Obispo County. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, Fourth Series 4(3):15-112 * ''Melongena corona'' (Gmelin, 1791) - crown conch - synonym: ''Melongena subcoronata'' * † ''Melongena lainei'' (Basterot, 1825) * '' Melongena melongena'' (Linnaeus, 175 ...
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Melongena Corona
''Melongena corona'', common name the Florida crown conch, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Melongenidae, the crown conches and their allies.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Melongena corona (Gmelin, 1791). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=420061 on 2021-07-11 ;Subspecies: * ''Melongena corona corona'' (Gmelin, 1791) * ''Melongena corona winnerae'' Petuch, 2003 Description The shell of this species is extremely variable in terms of the degree of spiny ornamentation. Some shells are much smoother than others. These snails can be as large as about 5 in (12 cm) long, and are mostly dark brown with irregular bands of white or cream. There are small spines on the largest whorl of the smoother forms,; the most spiny forms have several rows of spines. The aperture of the shell can be closed at will with an operculum. This snail is a predator; it eats other mollusks, i ...
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Melongena Melongena
''Melongena melongena'', common name the Caribbean crown conch, is a species of large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Melongenidae The Melongenidae, the crown conchs and their relatives, are a taxonomic family of large to very large marine gastropods in the superfamily Buccinoidea. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Melongenidae Gill, 1871 (1854). Accessed through: Worl ..., the crown conches. References Melongenidae Gastropods described in 1758 Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus {{Melongenidae-stub ...
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Melongena Patula
''Melongena patula'', common name Pacific crown conch, is a species of large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Melongenidae. Description ''Melongena patula'' has a shell that reaches a length of 75 – 250 mm. The surface of this shell shows a deep chestnut brown color lined with a few white or yellow spiral bands. The interior is white. The shell is quite slender, sometimes spiny on the shoulders, with a wide aperture. Distribution This species can be found from the Gulf of California The Gulf of California ( es, Golfo de California), also known as the Sea of Cortés (''Mar de Cortés'') or Sea of Cortez, or less commonly as the Vermilion Sea (''Mar Bermejo''), is a marginal sea of the Pacific Ocean that separates the Baja C ... (Mexico) to Peru. Habitat These sea snails live in shallow water, usually in sandy or muddy areas, especially under mangrove trees. References External links * C. BayeCatalogue of the genera Melanogena and SemifususWoRM ...
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Melongena Bispinosa
''Melongena bispinosa'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Melongenidae The Melongenidae, the crown conchs and their relatives, are a taxonomic family of large to very large marine gastropods in the superfamily Buccinoidea. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Melongenidae Gill, 1871 (1854). Accessed through: Worl ..., the crown conches and their allies. Description Distribution References Melongenidae Gastropods described in 1844 {{Melongenidae-stub ...
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Melongenidae
The Melongenidae, the crown conchs and their relatives, are a taxonomic family of large to very large marine gastropods in the superfamily Buccinoidea. 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 Taxonomy For a while prior to 2004, the genera ''Busycon'' and ''Busycotypus'' were placed in the Melongenidae. Then, in 2004, based on their digestive systems and on cladistic analysis by Kosyan & Kantor (2004),Kosyan A. R. & Kantor Yu. I. (2004). "Morphology, taxonomic status and relationships of Melongenidae (Gastropoda: Neogastropoda)". ''Ruthenica'' 14(1): 9-36abstract and preview/ref> 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, 18 ...
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Volema Pyrum
''Volema pyrum'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Melongenidae The Melongenidae, the crown conchs and their relatives, are a taxonomic family of large to very large marine gastropods in the superfamily Buccinoidea. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Melongenidae Gill, 1871 (1854). Accessed through: W ..., the crown conches and their allies. References Melongenidae Gastropods described in 1791 {{Melongenidae-stub ...
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