Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Melongenidae
Alternative spelling: Melongeniinae
Parent taxon: Melongenidae according to B. Landau and C. Marques da Silva 2010
See also Adegoke 1977, Bouchet et al. 2005, Ponder and Warén 1988, Squires and Saul 2000 and Stilwell et al. 2004
Sister taxa: Brunneifusus, Cornulina, Echinofulgurinae, Fascioplex, Fyfea, Heligmotoma, Lenifusus, Levifusus, Lomirosa, Melongena, Nipponitys, Palaeatractus, Protobusycon, Pseudomazzalina, Pugilina, Pyrifusus, Saginafusus, Saturnus, Sycostoma, Taphon, Torquifer, Tropochasca, Volegalea, Volema
Subtaxa: Deussenia Pentzia Serrifusus
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Paleocene of Antarctica (5 collections)
• Cretaceous to Paleogene of United States (1: California)
• Cretaceous of Japan (1), Mexico (1), the Russian Federation (1), United States (87: Alabama, California, Georgia, Maryland, Mississippi, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Washington, Wyoming)
Total: 96 collections including 109 occurrences