Family Melongenidae Gill 1867 (snail)
Gastropoda - Caenogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
Alternative spelling: Melonginidae
Parent taxon: Buccinoidea according to P. Bouchet et al. 2005
See also Beesley 1998, Beu et al. 1990, Gliozzi and Malatesta 1983, Harzhauser 2004, Harzhauser 2007, Harzhauser and Mandic 2001, Jeffery 2003, Sohl 1964, Todd 2001, Ward 1992 and Ward and Blackwelder 1987
Sister taxa: Buccinidae, Busyconidae, Heligmotomidae, Perissityidae
Subtaxa: Busyconinae Cornulina Echinofulgurinae Fascioplex Fyfea Levifusus Lomirosa Melongeninae Nipponitys Palaeatractus Protobusycon Pseudomazzalina Pugilina Pyrifusus Saginafusus Saturnus Sycostoma Torquifer Tropochasca Volema
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore