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Melongena
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).
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
Galeodes cornutus, M. (Myristica), M. (Rexmela), M. acanthina, M. bispinosa, M. californica, M. candelariana, M. charanalensis, M. consors, M. corona (syn. M. subcoronata), M. crassicornuta, M. galeodes, M. gigas, M. guillemaini, M. incornuta, M. lainei, M. laxecarinatus, M. melongena (syn. M. margaritana, M. fasciata), M. orthacantha, M. patula, M. praemelongena, M. propatulus, M. pseudobucephala, M. venezuelana, M. woodwardi
Species lacking formal opinion data
M. aspinosa, M. caloosahatcheensis, M. cannoni, M. chickee, M. columbiana, M. cornuta, M. corona, M. corona, M. coronata, M. cynthiae, M. diegelae, M. ditropis, M. draperi, M. elongena, M. holeylandica, M. laevifusoides, M. laxecarinata, M. lindae, M. minax, M. paradisiaca, M. piruloides, M. propatula, M. sarasotaensis, M. sculpturata, M. subcarinata, M. taurus, M. turricula
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 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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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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†Melongena corona winnerae Petuch 2004
Invalid names: Melongena subcoronata Heilprin 1887 [synonym]
†Melongena crassicornuta Conrad 1848
†Melongena galeodes Lamarck 1843
†Melongena galeodes sindiensis Vredenburg 1925
†Melongena gigas Beets 1941
†Melongena guillemaini Oppenheim 1915
†Melongena incornuta Hözl 1962
†Melongena lainei Basterot 1825
†Melongena lainei semseyiana Erdös 1900
†Melongena laxecarinatus Michelotti 1861
Melongena melongena Linnaeus 1758
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Invalid names: Melongena fasciata Schumacher 1817 [synonym], Melongena margaritana Richards 1943 [synonym]
†Melongena orthacantha Pilsbry and Johnson 1917
Melongena patula Broderip and Sowerby 1829
†Melongena praemelongena Vredenburg 1923
†Melongena propatulus Anderson 1929
†Melongena pseudobucephala Noetling 1901
†Melongena venezuelana Gibson-Smith and Gibson-Smith 1983
†Melongena woodwardi Roxo 1924
Invalid names: Galeodes Röding 1798 [replaced]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Thanetian to the top of the Holocene or 59.24000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 56.0 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 56.0 Ma
Collections (270 total)
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| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Thanetian | Togo | M. guillemaini (167948) | |
| Thanetian | Poland | M. ditropis (27019) M. sp. (27020) | |
| Middle Eocene | Venezuela | M. sp. (134840) | |
| Middle Eocene | Peru (Ica) | M. sp. (84680) | |
| Bartonian | France | M. minax, M. piruloides, M. subcarinata (78567) | |
| Bartonian | France (Oise) | M. minax (3494) | |
| Bartonian | Romania | Galeodes subcarinata (101813 101821 101822 101826 101874 101878 101879) | |
| Bartonian | Peru (Piura) | M. sp. (52525) | |
| Late/Upper Eocene | Colombia | M. sp. A, M. sp. B (42787) | |
| Priabonian | Italy | M. subcarinata, M. piruloides (78565) | |
| Early/Lower Oligocene | USA (Florida) | Myristica crassicornuta (80184) | |
| Early/Lower Oligocene | Peru (Piura) | M. charanalensis (55441) | |
| Rupelian | Myanmar | M. acanthina (76592) | |
| Rupelian | Iran | M. lainei (76199) | |
| Rupelian | USA (Mississippi) | M. crassicornuta (84137) M. sp. (205615) | |
| Rupelian | Romania | Galeodes pypuloides (101975) | |
| Early/Lower Oligocene - Middle Miocene | Haiti | M. consors (173458 173459) | |
| Chattian | Austria | M. semseyiana, M. incornuta (77734) | |
| Chattian | Myanmar | M. acanthina, M. pseudobucephala (76588) | |
| Chattian | Greece | M. lainei (74635) M. laxecarinata (76195 76207) | |