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A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

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Gastropoda: Neogastropoda: Buccinoidea: Melongenidae

Melongena melongena (Linnaeus, 1758)


Range: 23°N to 6°N; 93.45°W to 53°W
Depth: 0 to 44 m (live 0.3 to 30 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 182  mm

Synonymy

Galeodes melongena (Linnaeus, 1758) 
Pyrula melongena (Linnaeus, 1758) 
Cassidulus melongena (Linnaeus, 1758) 
Murex melongena Linnaeus, 1758
Murex laevis Spalowsky, 1795
Volema fuscata Link, 1807
Volema lineata Link, 1807
Volema vittata Link, 1807
Cassidea cornuta G. Perry, 1811
Melongena fasciata Schumacher, 1817
Pyrula mutica Sowerby I, 1825
Melongena denudata Dollfus, 1887
Melongena multispinosa Dollfus, 1887
Melongena semispinosa Dollfus, 1887
Melongena margaritana Richards, 1943
Melongena nana Bruggen & Hummelinck, 1986
Melongena salinarum Bruggen & Hummelinck, 1986

Details


Murex melongena Linnaeus, 1758, p. 751, [Bonan. 3, t.295, 186; Rumph. t.24, f.2-3; Gualt. t.26, f.F; Argen. t.18, fig.H; Regen. t.5, f.49...]
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: America
Range: 23°N to 6°N; 93.45°W to 53°W
Depth: 0 to 44 m (live 0.3 to 30 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 182 mm
Distribution: Mexico: Tamaulipas, Veracruz, Tabasco, Campeche State, Yucatan State, Quintana Roo; Guatemala, Honduras; Colombia: Offshore islands; Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia; ABC Islands: Curacao; Venezuela: Gulf of Venezuela, Falcon, Carabobo, Sucre, Islas Los Roques, Isla Margarita; Cuba: Pinar del Rio, Isla de la Juventud (Isle of Youth, Isle of Pines), North Havana Province, North Matanzas, Villa Clara, Cienfuegos, North Camaguey, Holguin, Santiago de Cuba, Guantanamo; Jamaica, Haiti, Dominican Republic, Martinique; Trinidad & Tobago: Trinidad, Tobago; Guyana, French Guiana, Surinam
References: Altena (1975) Dd; Princz (1978b); García-Cubas (1982) {W}; Cosel (1986) LE; García-Cubas & Reguero (1990) W; Fernández Milera (1998); Macsotay & Campos (2001)
Combining Genera:  Cassidulus Galeodes Pyrula

Cassidea cornuta G. Perry, 1811a,  pl. 34, fig. 3
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Not stated
References: Petit (2003) s
Comments: Non Bruguière (1792).

Melongena denudata Dollfus, 1887, 
[Synonym]
References: Clench & Turner (1956) s

Melongena fasciata Schumacher, 1817, p. 212
[Objective synonym of valid name]
Type Locality: Not stated [America]
References: Clench & Turner (1956) s
Comments: New name for Murex melongena Linnaeus.

Volema fuscatum Link, 1807b, p. 116, [Martini 1773, pl. 39, fig. 392]
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Not stated
References: Tomlin & Winckworth (1936) s

Murex melongena var. laevis Spalowsky, 1795, p. 47, pl. 7, fig. 4a-b
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Amerika; Amboina
Maximum Reported Size: 72 mm
References: Spalowsky (1795) M; Kabat (1996) s

Volema lineatum Link, 1807b, p. 116, Not figured
[Objective synonym of valid name]
Type Locality: Not stated [America]
Comments: New name for Murex melongena Linnaeus.

Melongena margaritana Richards, 1943, 
[Synonym]
References: Clench & Turner (1956) s

Melongena multispinosa Dollfus, 1887, 
[Synonym]
References: Clench & Turner (1956) s

Pyrula melongena var. mutica Sowerby I, 1825, p. 62
[Not available]
Type Locality: Not stated
References: Clench & Turner (1956) s
Comments: Nude name.

Melongena nana Bruggen & Hummelinck, 1986, 
[Synonym]
References: Jong & Coomans (1988) s

Melongena salinarum Bruggen & Hummelinck, 1986, 
[Synonym]
References: Jong & Coomans (1988) s

Melongena semispinosa Dollfus, 1887, 
[Synonym]
References: Clench & Turner (1956) s

Volema vittatum Link, 1807b, p. 116, [Martini 1773, pl. 39, fig. 39 {sic, 393?}]
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Not stated
References: Tomlin & Winckworth (1936) s


Partial List of References

Link, H. F. 1807. Beschreibung der Naturalien-Sammlung der Universitat zu Rostock 3  pp. [i-ii] + 101-165. Rostock. [Stated date: 17 May 1807.]
Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema Naturae Systema Naturae, 10th ed., vol. 1 824 pp. Laurentii Salvii: Holmiae [Stockholm, Sweden].
Perry, G. 1811. Conchology  iv + 5 pp., 61 pls. William Miller: London.
Schumacher, C. F. 1817. Essai d'un Nouveau Système des Habitations des Vers Testacés  [iv] + 287 pp., 22 pls. Schultz: Copenhague. [Stated date: -- --- 1817; true date: post 1 Mar.]
Sowerby, G. B. 1825. A catalogue of the shells contained in the collection of the late Earl of Tankerville  [v] + 92 + xxxiv. G. B. Sowerby: London.
Spalowsky, I. I. N. A. 1795. Prodromus in Systema Historicum Testaceorum  [x] + iv + 88, 13 pls. Ignaz Alberti's Wittwe: Wien.

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