Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Melongenidae
Alternative combination: Murex melongena
Synonyms: Melongena fasciata Schumacher 1817, Melongena margaritana Richards 1943
Belongs to Melongena according to B. Landau and C. Marques da Silva 2010
See also Barrios 1960, Harzhauser 2007, Hendy et al. 2008, Petuch and Roberts 2007 and Richards 1943
Sister taxa: Melongena (Myristica), Melongena (Rexmela), 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 orthacantha, Melongena patula, Melongena praemelongena, Melongena propatulus, Melongena pseudobucephala, Melongena venezuelana, Melongena woodwardi, Galeodes cornutus
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Colombia (1 collection), Jamaica (1), Panama (1), United States (2: Florida), Venezuela (4)
• Pliocene of Mexico (1), Trinidad and Tobago (4)
• Miocene of Colombia (2), Panama (8), Peru (3), Venezuela (6)
• Oligocene of Colombia (1)
Total: 34 collections including 35 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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