Melongena
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For Solanum melongena, see eggplant.
Melongena is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Melongenidae, the crown conches and their allies.[3]
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Melongena | |
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A live individual of Melongena corona righting itself by using its operculum | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Buccinoidea |
Family: | Melongenidae |
Genus: | Melongena Schumacher, 1817[2] |
Type species | |
Melongena fasciata Schumacher, 1817 | |
Synonyms[3] | |
Galeodes Röding, 1798 (non Olivi, 1791) |
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