Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Melongenidae
Belongs to Melongena according to B. Landau and C. Marques da Silva 2010
See also Woodring 1964
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 guillemaini, Melongena incornuta, Melongena lainei, Melongena laxecarinatus, Melongena melongena, Melongena patula, Melongena praemelongena, Melongena propatulus, Melongena pseudobucephala, Melongena venezuelana, Melongena woodwardi, Galeodes cornutus
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Melongena orthacantha in the database
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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