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Melongeninae

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Melongenidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1871Melongeniinae Gill
1925Galeodidae Thiele
1977Melongeninae Adegoke p. 174
1988Melongeniinae Ponder and Warén p. 305
2000Melongeninae Squires and Saul p. 118
2004Melongeniinae Stilwell et al. pp. 38, 40
2005Melongeninae Bouchet et al. p. 255
2010Melongeninae Landau and Marques da Silva p. 77

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
RankNameAuthor
—Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
—Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorderLatrogastropodaRiedel 2000
orderNeogastropodaThiele 1929
superfamilyBuccinoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyMelongenidaeGill 1867
subfamilyMelongeninae(Gill 1871)
subfamilyMelongeninae(Gill 1871)

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.

Subfm. †Melongeninae Gill 1871
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G. †Deussenia Stephenson 1941
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†Deussenia bellalirata Conrad 1858
†Deussenia californiana Squires and Saul 2000
†Deussenia pacificana Squires and Saul 2000
†Deussenia ripleyana Harbison 1945
†Deussenia sierrana Squires and Saul 2000
G. Melongena Schumacher 1817
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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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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 incornuta Hözl 1962
†Melongena lainei Basterot 1825
†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]
G. †Pentzia Squires and Saul 2003
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†Pentzia hilgardi White 1889
G. †Probuccinum Thiele 1912
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†Probuccinum palaiocostatum Stilwell et al. 2004
G. †Serrifusus Meek 1876
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†Serrifusus binodosum Stilwell et al. 2004
†Serrifusus dakotensis Meek and Hayden 1856
†Serrifusus joaquinensis Anderson 1958
†Serrifusus vancouverensis Whiteaves 1879
Invalid names: Galeodidae Thiele 1925 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: carnivoref
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 08:20:52
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:20:52
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Early/Lower Campanian to the top of the Holocene or 83.50000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 72.1 Ma

Collections (362 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Campanian83.6 - 72.1USA (Washington) Pentzia hilgardi (86868)
Campanian83.6 - 72.1USA (California) Pentzia hilgardi (69310)
Campanian - Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0Russian Federation Serrifusus tuberculatus, Serrifusus nagaoi (47045)
Early/Lower Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (California) Deussenia sierrana (185153 215262 215263) Fulgur hilgardi (185171 185172) Pentzia hilgardi (3890 210584)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Tennessee) Serrifusus tennesseensis (88357)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (California) Fulgur hilgardi (1523 1526 1545 1548 72057 86794 214144 219077 220906)
Middle Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (California) Fulgur hilgardi (144764 219079 220908) Pentzia sp. (176363)
Middle Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Washington) Pentzia hilgardi (220314)
Middle Campanian - Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (California) Deussenia californiana (215264 215265)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.5 - 66.0USA (Tennessee) Deussenia microstriata (7515)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0USA (Texas) Deussenia ciboloensis (7489 205543) Deussenia ciboloensis, Deussenia multilirae, Deussenia sp. (205541) Deussenia sp. (4537 205408)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0USA (Mississippi) Deussenia ripleyana (7600) Deussenia sp. (205512)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0USA (Wyoming) Serrifusus dakotensis (1583)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Georgia) Deussenia bellalirata (4266 4269 4279 4281) Deussenia sp., Deussenia bellalirata (4277)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Alabama) Deussenia bellalirata (4264) Deussenia sp. (4239 4256 4261 4262 4263) Deussenia sp., Deussenia bellalirata (4247)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Maryland) Deussenia ripleyana (125950)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Wyoming) Serrifusus dakotensis (1586)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (California) Serrifusus joaquinensis (86821)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Mississippi) Deussenia bellalirata (4101 4111) Deussenia ripleyana (7476 7590) Deussenia sp. (4110) Deussenia sp., Deussenia ripleyana (7586)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Japan Deussenia takinoikensis (4894)