Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Melongenidae
Alternative combination: Pyrula patula
Belongs to Melongena according to B. Landau and C. Marques da Silva 2010
See also Keen 1971 and 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 orthacantha, Melongena praemelongena, Melongena propatulus, Melongena pseudobucephala, Melongena venezuelana, Melongena woodwardi, Galeodes cornutus
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Mexico (2 collections), Peru (1)
• Pliocene of Mexico (1)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
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