Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Melongenidae
Alternative spelling: Melonginidae
Synonyms: Galeodidae Thiele 1925, Heligmotomidae Adegoke 1977, Volemidae Winckworth 1945
Parent taxon: Buccinoidea according to Y. I. Kantor et al. 2022
See also Adegoke 1977, Beesley 1998, Beu et al. 1990, Bouchet et al. 2005, Gliozzi and Malatesta 1983, Harzhauser 2004, Harzhauser 2007, Harzhauser and Mandic 2001, Jeffery 2003, Ponder and Warén 1988, Sohl 1964, Todd 2001, Ward 1992 and Ward and Blackwelder 1987
Sister taxa: none
Subtaxa: Brunneifusus Cornulina Echinofulgurinae Fascioplex Fyfea Heligmotoma Lenifusus Levifusus Lomirosa Melongena Melongeninae Nipponitys Palaeatractus Protobusycon Pseudomazzalina Pugilina Pyrifusus Saginafusus Saturnus Sycostoma Taphon Torquifer Tropochasca Volegalea Volema
Type: Melongena
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Colombia (1 collection), Cuba (1), Djibouti (2), Ecuador (1), Eritrea (1), Jamaica (1), Japan (5), Mexico (2), Panama (1), Peru (1), Saudi Arabia (3), Taiwan (2), Thailand (1), United States (20: Florida, Georgia, Louisiana), Venezuela (4), Yemen (1)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Malaysia (1), United States (3: Florida)
• Pliocene of Colombia (4), Costa Rica (2), the Dominican Republic (2), Indonesia (8), Mexico (2), Pakistan (1), the Philippines (3), Trinidad and Tobago (4), United States (6: Florida), Venezuela (2)
• Miocene to Pliocene of the Dominican Republic (1), Indonesia (1)
• Miocene of Australia (1), Austria (1), Brazil (2), Colombia (61), the Dominican Republic (34), Ecuador (5), France (3), Germany (1), Greece (3), India (5), Indonesia (7), Iran (2), Italy (1), Japan (8), the Marshall Islands (1), Pakistan (11), Panama (27), Peru (5), the Philippines (1), Poland (1), Türkiye (2), United States (10: California, Florida), Venezuela (8)
• Oligocene to Miocene of Haiti (2), United States (2: Florida)
• Oligocene of Austria (1), Colombia (1), Costa Rica (1), France (2), Greece (3), Hungary (1), Iran (1), Myanmar (4), Oman (1), Peru (1), Romania (1), United States (16: Florida, Mississippi, North Carolina, Washington)
• Eocene of Australia (1), Belgium (2), Bulgaria (7), Colombia (4), Cuba (1), Egypt (5), France (6), India (1), Italy (1), Japan (3), Mexico (3), New Zealand (2), Nigeria (3), Pakistan (1), Peru (6), Romania (7), Saudi Arabia (1), Somalia (1), Spain (1), the United Kingdom (16), United States (194: Alabama, Arkansas, California, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, Oregon, South Carolina, Texas, Washington), Venezuela (3)
• Paleocene to Eocene of United States (3: California, Louisiana)
• Paleocene of Antarctica (12), Argentina (6), Australia (3), Belgium (1), Denmark (3), Egypt (3), France (1), Greenland (2), Mali (1), Mexico (1), New Zealand (1), Nigeria (1), Pakistan (1), Poland (3), Togo (2), Trinidad and Tobago (1), United States (91: Alabama, California, Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas, Virginia)
• Cretaceous to Paleogene of United States (1: California)
• Cretaceous of Chile (1), Egypt (3), Japan (4), Mexico (1), the Russian Federation (1), South Africa (1), the United Kingdom (1), United States (163: Alabama, California, Delaware, Georgia, Maryland, Mississippi, New Jersey, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Washington, Wyoming)
Total: 905 collections including 1176 occurrences