Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Spiralia
Cladus: Lophotrochozoa
Phylum: Mollusca
Classis: Gastropoda
Subclassis: Caenogastropoda
Ordo: Neogastropoda
Superfamilia: Buccinoidea
Familia: Melongenidae
Genera (9 + 1†): Brunneifusus – Hemifusus – Lenifusus – Melongena – Pugilina – Saginafusus – Taphon – Volegalea – Volema – †Sycostoma
Name
Melongenidae Gill, 1871 (1854)
Synonyms
Cassidulidae L. Agassiz & Desor, 1847)
Galeodidae Thiele, 1925
Heligmotomidae Adegoke, 1977 †
Melongeninae Gill, 1871 (1854)
Volemidae Winckworth, 1945
References
Links
Melongenidae in the World Register of Marine Species
The Melongenidae, the crown conchs and their relatives, are a taxonomic family of large to very large marine gastropods in the superfamily Buccinoidea. [1]
Taxonomy
For a while prior to 2004, the genera Busycon and Busycotypus were placed in the Melongenidae.[2] Then, in 2004, based on their digestive systems and on cladistic analysis by Kosyan & Kantor (2004),[2] these two genera were moved to the family Busyconidae within the superfamily Buccinoidea.
According to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi (2005), the Melongenidae consists of two subfamilies:
Subfamily Melongeninae Gill, 1871 (1854) - synonyms: Cassidulidae Gray, 1854 (inv.); Galeodidae Thiele, 1925 (inv.); Volemidae Winckworth, 1945; Heligmotomidae Adegoke, 1977
Subfamily Echinofulgurinae Petuch, 1994
Genera
Genera in the family Melongenidae include:[3]
Brunneifusus Dekkers, 2018
Hemifusus Swainson, 1840
Lenifusus Dekkers, 2018
Melongena Schumacher, 1817 - crown conchs
Pugilina Schumacher, 1817
Saginafusus Wenz, 1943
† Sycostoma Cox, 1931
Taphon H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853
Volegalea Iredale, 1938
Volema Röding, 1798
Genera brought into synonymy
Cassidulus Gray, 1854: synonym of Pugilina Schumacher, 1817
Galeodes Röding, 1798 : synonym of Melongena Schumacher, 1817
Semifusus Agassiz, 1846 synonym of Hemifusus Swainson, 1840
Thalessa H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853: synonym of Volema Röding, 1798
References
MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Melongenidae Gill, 1871 (1854). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=160182 on 2021-02-27
Kosyan A. R. & Kantor Yu. I. (2004). "Morphology, taxonomic status and relationships of Melongenidae (Gastropoda: Neogastropoda)". Ruthenica 14(1): 9-36. abstract and preview
"Melongenidae". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
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