Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Melongenidae
Alternative combinations: Melongena cornuta, Pyrula cornuta
Belongs to Galeodes according to W. Baluk 1995
See also Bohm 1926 and Vredenburg 1925
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 incornuta, Melongena lainei, Melongena laxecarinatus, Melongena melongena, Melongena orthacantha, Melongena patula, Melongena praemelongena, Melongena propatulus, Melongena pseudobucephala, Melongena venezuelana, Melongena woodwardi
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of France (3 collections), Germany (1), Greece (2), India (1), Pakistan (1), Poland (1), Turkey (2)
• Eocene of Namibia (1)
Total: 12 collections each including a single occurrence
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