Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Melongenidae
Alternative spelling: Myristica
Parent taxon: Melongena according to Rovereto 1900
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Melongena (Rexmela), Melongena acanthina, Melongena bispinosa, Melongena californica, Melongena candelariana, Melongena charanalensis, Melongena consors, Melongena corona, Melongena crassicornuta, Melongena galeodes, Melongena gigas, Melongena guillemaini, 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: found only at Terramar Pit [Suwannee Limestone] (Oligocene of Florida)