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Melongena corona

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Melongenidae

Taxonomy
Murex corona was named by Gmelin (1791) [DISTRIBUTION: Pleistocene-Recent; Caribbean.]. It is extant.

It was recombined as Melongena (Rexmela) corona by Olsson and Harbison (1953), DuBar (1958) and Petuch and Roberts (2007); it was recombined as Melongena corona by Hendy et al. (2008).

Subspecies
M. winnerae
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
M. propatula, M. laevifusoides

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1791Murex corona Gmelin
1887Melongena subcoronata Heilprin p. 70 figs. pl. 1, figs. 3a-c
1953Melongena (Rexmela) corona Olsson and Harbison p. 213
1953Melongena (Rexmela) subcoronata Olsson and Harbison p. 213
1958Melongena (Rexmela) corona DuBar p. 193
2007Melongena (Rexmela) corona Petuch and Roberts
2008Melongena corona Hendy et al.

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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)
genusMelongenaSchumacher 1817
speciescorona(Gmelin 1791)

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.

Melongena corona Gmelin 1791
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Invalid names: Melongena subcoronata Heilprin 1887 [synonym]
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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: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Calabrian to the top of the Holocene or 1.80000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (14 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Melongena corona (41749)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781USA (Florida) Melongena corona (41501 41718) Melongena subcoronata (79331)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774USA (Florida) Melongena corona (41705)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (Florida) Melongena corona (61310)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Melongena corona (34269 41740 79738 79739 96538)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Georgia) Melongena corona (20613)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Louisiana) Melongena corona (41935 92776)