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Melongena

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Melongenidae

Taxonomy

Melongena was named by Schumacher (1817) [Sepkoski's age data: T Than R Sepkoski's reference number: 914]. It is extant. Its type is Murex melongena.

It was reranked as Pyrula (Melongena) by Martin (1895).

It was assigned to Pyrula by Martin (1895); to Fusidae by Bohm (1926); to Xancidae by Mukerjee (1939); to Buccinidae by Olsson (1931), Marks (1951); to Pseudolivinae by Rivera (1957); to Busyconidae by Olsson and Harbison (1953), DuBar (1958); to Neogastropoda by Sepkoski (2002); to Melongenidae by Oostingh (1935), Gardner (1947), Woodring (1964), Todd (2001), Harzhauser and Mandic (2001), Harzhauser (2004), Harzhauser (2007); and to Melongeninae by Landau and Marques da Silva (2010).

Species lacking formal opinion data

M. cornuta, M. laevifusoides, M. propatula

Synonyms

Galeodes was named by Röding (1798).

It was replaced with Melongena by Schumacher (1817).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1798	Galeodes Röding
1817	Melongena Schumacher
1895	Pyrula (Melongena) Martin p. 92
1926	Melongena Bohm p. 68
1931	Melongena Olsson p. 101
1935	Melongena Oostingh p. 84
1939	Melongena Mukerjee p. 64
1947	Melongena Gardner p. 458
1951	Melongena Marks p. 388
1953	Melongena Olsson and Harbison p. 213
1957	Melongena Rivera p. 184
1958	Melongena DuBar p. 193
1964	Melongena Woodring p. 273
2001	Melongena Harzhauser and Mandic p. 709
2001	Melongena Todd
2002	Melongena Sepkoski
2004	Melongena Harzhauser p. 137
2007	Melongena Harzhauser p. 106
2010	Melongena Landau and Marques da Silva p. 77

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca
class	Gastropoda
subclass	Caenogastropoda	(Cox 1959)

Rank	Name	Author
—	Sorbeoconcha	(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
—	Hypsogastropoda	(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorder	Latrogastropoda	Riedel 2000
order	Neogastropoda	Thiele 1929
superfamily	Buccinoidea	(Rafinesque 1815)
family	Melongenidae	Gill 1867
subfamily	Melongeninae	(Gill 1871)
genus	Melongena	Schumacher 1817

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Melongena Schumacher 1817

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Subg. Melongena (Myristica)

Subg. †Melongena (Rexmela) Olsson and Harbison 1953

†Melongena acanthina Dalton 1908

Melongena bispinosa Philippi 1844

†Melongena californica Anderson and Martin 1914

Melongena candelariana Gibson-Smith and Gibson-Smith 1983

†Melongena charanalensis Olsson 1931

†Melongena consors Sowerby 1850

Melongena corona Gmelin 1791

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