Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Melongenidae
Alternative combination: Galeodes californicus
Full reference: F. M. Anderson and B. Martin. 1914. Neocene record in the Temblor Basin, California, and Neocene deposits of the San Juan District, San Luis Obispo County. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, Fourth Series 4(3):15-112
Belongs to Melongena according to F. M. Anderson and B. Martin 1914
See also Hoots 1931
Sister taxa: Melongena (Myristica), Melongena (Rexmela), Melongena acanthina, Melongena bispinosa, 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 patula, Melongena praemelongena, Melongena propatulus, Melongena pseudobucephala, Melongena venezuelana, Melongena woodwardi, Galeodes cornutus
Type specimen: CAS 1753. Its type locality is CAS loc. 60, which is in a Miocene coastal horizon in the Temblor Formation of California.
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of United States (4: California collections)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
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