Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Melongenidae
Full reference: A. A. Olsson and A. Harbison. 1953. Pliocene Mollusca of Southern Florida. Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia Monograph 8:1-457
Parent taxon: Melongena according to A. A. Olsson and A. Harbison 1953
See also DuBar 1958 and Petuch and Roberts 2007
Sister taxa: Melongena (Myristica), Melongena acanthina, Melongena bispinosa, Melongena californica, Melongena candelariana, Melongena charanalensis, Melongena consors, Melongena corona, Melongena crassicornuta, Melongena galeodes, Melongena gigas, Melongena incornuta, Melongena lainei, Melongena laxecarinatus, Melongena melongena, Melongena orthacantha, Melongena patula, Melongena praemelongena, Melongena propatulus, Melongena pseudobucephala, Melongena venezuelana, Melongena woodwardi, Galeodes cornutus
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of United States (2: Florida collections)
Total: 2 collections including 3 occurrences