crown conch

Melongena corona corona

Classification

Class: Gastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Melongenidae

Melongena is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Melongenidae, the crown conches and their allies. Species Species within the genus Melongena include: † Melongena basilica (Bellardi, 1873) Melongena bispinosa (Philippi, 1844) † Melongena californica Anderson & Martin, 1914 Melongena corona (Gmelin, 1791) - crown conch - synonym: Melongena subcoronata † Melongena lainei (Basterot, 1825) Melongena melongena (Linnaeus, 1758) - type species † Melongena murifactor Vermeij & Raven, 2009 Melongena patula (Linnaeus, 1758) † Melongena pontonxensis Lozouet, 2021 †…

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

United States of America · 1

Sources and credits

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crown conch

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