Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Melongenidae
Alternative combinations: Melongena melongena consors, Pyrula consors
Belongs to Melongena according to B. Landau and C. Marques da Silva 2010
See also Maury 1917, Olsson 1922, Petuch 1988, Weisbord 1929 and Woodring 1964
Sister taxa: Melongena (Myristica), Melongena (Rexmela), Melongena acanthina, Melongena bispinosa, Melongena californica, Melongena candelariana, Melongena charanalensis, 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
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of United States (1: Florida collection)
• Pliocene of Colombia (3), Costa Rica (2), Venezuela (1)
• Miocene to Pliocene of the Dominican Republic (1)
• Miocene of Colombia (57), the Dominican Republic (9), Ecuador (2), Panama (1), United States (2: Florida)
• Oligocene to Miocene of Haiti (2)
Total: 81 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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