Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Melongenidae
Alternative combination: Cassidea acanthina
Belongs to Melongena according to E. Vredenburg 1921
Sister taxa: Melongena (Myristica), Melongena (Rexmela), 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
Type specimen: Its type locality is Yenangyrat (Sitsayan stage), which is in a Rupelian marine horizon in the Sitsayan Formation of Myanmar
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Oligocene of Myanmar (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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