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Melongena melongena

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Melongenidae

Taxonomy
Murex melongena was named by Linnaeus (1758) [DISTRIBUTION: Recent; Caribbean.]. It is extant. It is the type species of Melongena.

It was recombined as Melongena melongena by Schumacher (1817), Barrios (1960), Petuch and Roberts (2007) and Landau and Marques da Silva (2010).

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

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Murex melongena Linnaeus
1817Melongena fasciata Schumacher
1817Melongena melongena Schumacher p. 106
1943Melongena margaritana Richards p. 120 figs. figs. 1-2
1960Melongena melongena Barrios p. 284
2007Melongena melongena Petuch and Roberts p. 183
2010Melongena melongena 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)
genusMelongenaSchumacher 1817
speciesmelongena(Linnaeus 1758)

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 melongena Linnaeus 1758
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Invalid names: Melongena fasciata Schumacher 1817 [synonym], Melongena margaritana Richards 1943 [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: base of the Late/Upper Oligocene to the top of the Holocene or 28.40000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (34 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03Colombia (La Guajira) Melongena melongena (42770)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Peru Melongena melongena (66141 66177 66178)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Venezuela (Falcon) Melongena melongena (60144 60703 60705 60706 60707 60710)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Panama Melongena melongena (52173)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Panama Melongena melongena (52169 52170 52171 52172 93145 93162 93176)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Colombia Melongena melongena (131219 131220)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Trinidad and Tobago Melongena melongena (60410 60649 60655 60659)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Mexico (Oxaca) Melongena melongena (59284)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Panama Melongena melongena (80307)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Venezuela Melongena melongena (131267 131268)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117Jamaica Melongena melongena (80407)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Venezuela Melongena margaritana, Melongena melongena (66753)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Melongena melongena (79739 96538)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Colombia Melongena melongena (97680)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Venezuela Melongena melongena (131223)