WoRMS taxon details
Melongena Schumacher, 1817
205587 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:205587)
accepted
Genus
Melongena fasciata Schumacher, 1817 accepted as Melongena melongena (Linnaeus, 1758) (type by monotypy)
Galeodes Röding, 1798 · unaccepted (invalid: junior homonym of...)
invalid: junior homonym of Galeodes Olivi, 1791 [Arachnida]
Melongena (Rexmela) Olsson & Harbison, 1953 · unaccepted
Pyrula (Melongena) Schumacher, 1817 · unaccepted
- Species Melongena armigera Conrad, 1833 †
- Species Melongena basilica (Bellardi, 1873) †
- Species Melongena bispinosa (R. A. Philippi, 1844)
- Species Melongena consors (G. B. Sowerby I, 1850) †
- Species Melongena cornuta (Agassiz, 1843) †
- Species Melongena corona (Gmelin, 1791)
- Species Melongena dumasi Cossmann, 1897 †
- Species Melongena gigas (K. Martin, 1883) †
- Species Melongena ickei K. Martin, 1906 †
- Species Melongena jaapi Landau, Harzhauser, İslamoğlu & C. M. Silva, 2013 †
- Species Melongena lainei (Basterot, 1825) †
- Species Melongena melongena (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Species Melongena miranda Yokoyama, 1926 †
- Species Melongena murifactor Vermeij & Raven, 2009 †
- Species Melongena patula (Broderip & G. B. Sowerby I, 1829)
- Species Melongena ponderosa (K. Martin, 1895) †
- Species Melongena pontonxensis Lozouet, 2021 †
- Species Melongena semseyiana (Erdős, 1900) †
- Species Melongena woodwardi (Roxo, 1924) †
- Subgenus Melongena (Cornulina) Conrad, 1853 † accepted as Cornulina Conrad, 1853 †
- Species Melongena (Cornulina) preminax Moret, 1938 † accepted as Cornulina preminax (Moret, 1938) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Melongena (Cornulina) subnamnetensis Moret, 1938 † accepted as Cornulina subnamnetensis (Moret, 1938) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Melongena (Cornulina) austriaca Traub, 1980 † (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
- Subgenus Melongena (Heligmotoma) Mayer-Eymar, 1895 † accepted as Heligmotoma Mayer-Eymar, 1895 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Subgenus Melongena (Myristica) Swainson, 1840 accepted as Volema Röding, 1798
- Species Melongena (Myristica) basilica (Bellardi, 1873) † accepted as Melongena basilica (Bellardi, 1873) †
- Species Melongena (Myristica) rotkyana Knett, 1912 † accepted as Melongena semseyiana (Erdős, 1900) †
- Subgenus Melongena (Pugilina) Schumacher, 1817 accepted as Pugilina Schumacher, 1817
- Species Melongena (Pugilina) brevispina K. Martin, 1931 † accepted as Pugilina brevispina (K. Martin, 1931) †
- Species Melongena (Pugilina) dumasi Cossmann, 1897 † accepted as Editharus dumasi (Cossmann, 1897) †
- Species Melongena (Pugilina) marcellini Cossmann, 1902 † accepted as Editharus marcellini (Cossmann, 1902) †
- Species Melongena (Pugilina) morio (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Pugilina morio (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Species Melongena (Pugilina) octocostata Cossmann, 1903 † accepted as Pugilina octocostata (Cossmann, 1903) †
- Species Melongena (Pugilina) proteiformis Cossmann, 1903 † accepted as Pugilina proteiformis (Cossmann, 1903) †
- Species Melongena (Pugilina) robusta Dainelli, 1915 † accepted as Lamarckofusus robustus (Dainelli, 1915) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Subgenus Melongena (Rexmela) Olsson & Harbison, 1953 accepted as Melongena Schumacher, 1817
- Species Melongena (Rexmela) bispinosa (R. A. Philippi, 1844) represented as Melongena bispinosa (R. A. Philippi, 1844)
- Species Melongena (Rexmela) corona (Gmelin, 1791) represented as Melongena corona (Gmelin, 1791)
- Subgenus Melongena (Volema) Röding, 1798 accepted as Volema Röding, 1798
- Species Melongena (Volema) hippocastanum (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Volema myristica Röding, 1798
- Species Melongena altispira Pilsbry & Vanatta, 1934 accepted as Melongena bicolor (Say, 1826) accepted as Melongena corona (Gmelin, 1791) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Melongena belknapi Petit de la Saussaye, 1852 accepted as Melongena corona (Gmelin, 1791) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Melongena bicolor (Say, 1826) accepted as Melongena corona (Gmelin, 1791) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Melongena deschmanni R. Hoernes, 1906 † accepted as Melongena semseyiana (Erdős, 1900) †
- Species Melongena eyssautieri Salvan, 1955 † accepted as Cornulina eyssautieri (Salvan, 1955) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Melongena fasciata Schumacher, 1817 accepted as Melongena melongena (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Melongena junghuhni (K. Martin, 1895) † accepted as Volema junghuhni (K. Martin, 1895) †
- Species Melongena laubrierei Cossmann, 1889 † accepted as Wrigleya laubrierei (Cossmann, 1889) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Melongena madjalengkensis (K. Martin, 1895) † accepted as Pugilina madjalengkensis (K. Martin, 1895) †
- Species Melongena palissyi Pezant, 1908 † accepted as Pugilina palissyi (Pezant, 1908) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Melongena paradisaica (Röding, 1798) accepted as Volema paradisiaca Röding, 1798 accepted as Volema pyrum (Gmelin, 1791) (misspelling)
- Species Melongena paradisiaca (Röding, 1798) accepted as Volema paradisiaca Röding, 1798 accepted as Volema pyrum (Gmelin, 1791) (previous combination)
- Species Melongena perspinosa Pilsbry & Vanatta, 1934 accepted as Melongena corona (Gmelin, 1791) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Melongena pirum Dautzenberg, 1929 accepted as Volema pyrum (Gmelin, 1791) (unjustified emendation)
- Species Melongena praecursor Cossmann, 1902 † accepted as Cornulina praecursor (Cossmann, 1902) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Melongena rex (K. Martin, 1895) † accepted as Pugilina rex (K. Martin, 1895) †
- Species Melongena sprucecreekensis J. K. Tucker, 1994 accepted as Melongena corona (Gmelin, 1791) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Melongena subcoronata Heilprin, 1886 † accepted as Melongena corona subcoronata Heilprin, 1886 † (original combination)
- Species Melongena vigneauxi Magne & Vergneau-Saubade, 1970 † accepted as Melongena basilica (Bellardi, 1873) †
- Species Melongena crassicornuta Conrad, 1847 † (uncertain > unassessed)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
feminine
Schumacher, C. F. (1817). Essai d'un nouveau système des habitations des vers testacés. <em>Schultz, Copenghagen.</em> iv + 288 pp., 22 pls., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/81329
page(s): 64, 212 [details]
page(s): 64, 212 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Melongena Schumacher, 1817. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=205587 on 2025-04-06
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Nomenclature
original description
Schumacher, C. F. (1817). Essai d'un nouveau système des habitations des vers testacés. <em>Schultz, Copenghagen.</em> iv + 288 pp., 22 pls., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/81329
page(s): 64, 212 [details]
original description (of Galeodes Röding, 1798) Röding, P. F. (1798). Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturæ quæ olim collegerat Joa. Fried Bolten, M. D. p. d. per XL. annos proto physicus Hamburgensis. Pars secunda continens Conchylia sive Testacea univalvia, bivalvia & multivalvia. Trapp, Hamburg, viii + 199 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16230659 [details]
original description (of Melongena (Rexmela) Olsson & Harbison, 1953) Olsson, A. A. & Harbison, A. (1953). Pliocene Mollusca of southern Florida with special reference to those from North Saint Petersburg. <em>Monographs of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 8: 1-457, pls 1-65.
page(s): 213 [details]
page(s): 64, 212 [details]
original description (of Galeodes Röding, 1798) Röding, P. F. (1798). Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturæ quæ olim collegerat Joa. Fried Bolten, M. D. p. d. per XL. annos proto physicus Hamburgensis. Pars secunda continens Conchylia sive Testacea univalvia, bivalvia & multivalvia. Trapp, Hamburg, viii + 199 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16230659 [details]
original description (of Melongena (Rexmela) Olsson & Harbison, 1953) Olsson, A. A. & Harbison, A. (1953). Pliocene Mollusca of southern Florida with special reference to those from North Saint Petersburg. <em>Monographs of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 8: 1-457, pls 1-65.
page(s): 213 [details]
Other
context source (PeRMS)
Ramírez, R.; Paredes, C.; Arenas, J. (2003). Moluscos del Perú. <em>Revista de Biologia Tropical.</em> 51(supplement 3): 225-284. [details] Available for editors
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additional source Clench, W. J. (1954). <i>Galeodes</i>, <i>Busycon</i> and <i>Melongena</i>. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 67(4): 139., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8514771 [details]

additional source Clench, W. J. (1954). <i>Galeodes</i>, <i>Busycon</i> and <i>Melongena</i>. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 67(4): 139., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8514771 [details]



