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Melongenidae
Sign in to saveThe Melongenidae, the crown conchs and their relatives, are a taxonomic family of large to very large marine gastropods in the superfamily Buccinoidea.
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Within Vinony's link graph, Melongenidae is referenced by 33 other articles, and connects out to Melongena, Animalia and ocean.
It is catalogued under the topic Melongenidae.
Its subject is documented across 12 Wikipedia language editions.
Species
crown shells
FAMILY
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumMollusca
- ClassGastropoda
- OrderNeogastropoda
- FamilyMelongenidae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 428
- With media
- 16
- Family
- Melongenidae
- Collections
- UF, YPM, CAS
- Recorded in
- United States, Malaysia
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Neogastropoda
- Image
- Melongena corona 4.jpg
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- Commons category
- Melongenidae
- taxon rank
- family
- taxon name
- Melongenidae
- topic's main category
- Category:Melongenidae
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Encyclopedic overview
3 sectionsContents
- Taxonomy
- Genera
- References
The Melongenidae, the crown conchs and their relatives, are a taxonomic family of large to very large marine gastropods in the superfamily Buccinoidea.
== Taxonomy == For a while prior to 2004, the genera Busycon and Busycotypus were placed in the Melongenidae. Then, in 2004, based on their digestive systems and on cladistic analysis by Kosyan & Kantor (2004), these two genera were moved to the family Busyconidae within the superfamily Buccinoidea.
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