Melongenidae
Also known as: Kronenschnecken, crown shells, crown snails, melongénovití, Мелонгены, カンムリボラ科, テングニシ科, テングニシ／カンムリボラ科
Classification
| Kingdom | Animalia |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Mollusca |
| Class | Gastropoda |
| Order | Neogastropoda |
| Family | Melongenidae |
| Published in | Gill, T. (1871). Arrangement of the families of mollusks. Prepared for the Smithsonian Institution. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections, 227: xvi + 49 pp. https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=195720 |
| Habitat | MARINE |
| Genera | 22 |
| Species records held | 131 |
| Descendant taxa (GBIF) | 210 |
| GBIF key | 6774 |
Genera in Melongenidae
- Melongena — 34 species: Melongena alveata, Melongena angasiana, Melongena austriaca, Melongena basilica, Melongena bispinosa, Melongena californica, Melongena candelariana, Melongena charanalensis
- Hemifusus — 23 species: Hemifusus alfi, Hemifusus arnoldi, Hemifusus boucheti, Hemifusus charlieleei, Hemifusus cochidium, Hemifusus colosseus, Hemifusus crassicauda, Hemifusus dalli
- Pugilina — 16 species: Pugilina akoi, Pugilina axelalfi, Pugilina brevispina, Pugilina elongata, Pugilina erecta, Pugilina eulactea, Pugilina katalinae, Pugilina madjalengkensis
- Sycostoma — 7 species: Sycostoma bulbiforme, Sycostoma bulbus, Sycostoma globatum, Sycostoma kenawii, Sycostoma neptuni, Sycostoma pyrus, Sycostoma subcarinatum
- Deussenia — 6 species: Deussenia bellalirata, Deussenia californiana, Deussenia microstriata, Deussenia pacificana, Deussenia ripleyana, Deussenia sierrana
- Volema — 6 species: Volema goliath, Volema junghuhni, Volema myristica, Volema nodosa, Volema pyrum, Volema superspinosa
- Pyrifusus — 5 species: Pyrifusus crassus, Pyrifusus ejundicus, Pyrifusus sinucostatus, Pyrifusus subdensatus, Pyrifusus subliratus
- Rhombopsis — 5 species: Rhombopsis longinquus, Rhombopsis microstriatus, Rhombopsis molinoensis, Rhombopsis orientalis, Rhombopsis spec
- Volegalea — 5 species: Volegalea alforum, Volegalea carnaria, Volegalea cochlidium, Volegalea dirki, Volegalea grohi
- Brunneifusus — 3 species: Brunneifusus haae, Brunneifusus haszprunari, Brunneifusus ternatanus
- Cornulina — 3 species: Cornulina armigera, Cornulina minax, Cornulina praecursor
- Heligmotoma — 3 species: Heligmotoma clavaeforme, Heligmotoma dakhlensis, Heligmotoma sabeti
- Serrifusus — 3 species: Serrifusus binodosum, Serrifusus dakotensis, Serrifusus tennesseensis
- Lomirosa — 2 species: Lomirosa carinata, Lomirosa eretacea
- Mayeria — 2 species: Mayeria acutissima, Mayeria swartzi
- Saginafusus — 2 species: Saginafusus momus, Saginafusus pricei
- Taphon — 2 species: Taphon childsi, Taphon clavella
- Palaeatractus — 1 species: Palaeatractus crassus
- Texaficus — 1 species: Texaficus obesus
- Torquifer — 1 species: Torquifer pittorum
- Tropochasca — 1 species: Tropochasca petiti
- Pseudomazzalina
Source and Attribution
Taxonomic rank data on this page is drawn from the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy, doi.org/10.15468/39omei, GBIF Secretariat, licensed CC BY 4.0. Member-species counts are counts of records held in the Sanctum species index, not a claim of completeness for the family.