Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Melongenidae
Alternative combinations: Galeodea lainei, Melongena (Myristica) lainei, Melongena (Pyrula) lainei, Pyrula lainei
Belongs to Melongena according to M. Harzhauser 2007
See also Harzhauser 2004, Harzhauser and Mandic 2001 and Vredenburg 1925
Sister taxa: Melongena (Myristica), Melongena (Rexmela), Melongena acanthina, Melongena bispinosa, Melongena californica, Melongena candelariana, Melongena charanalensis, Melongena consors, Melongena corona, Melongena crassicornuta, Melongena galeodes, Melongena gigas, Melongena incornuta, Melongena laxecarinatus, Melongena melongena, Melongena orthacantha, Melongena patula, Melongena praemelongena, Melongena propatulus, Melongena pseudobucephala, Melongena venezuelana, Melongena woodwardi, Galeodes cornutus
Subtaxa: Melongena lainei semseyiana
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of France (1 collection), Greece (1), India (1), Iran (1), Pakistan (4)
• Oligocene of Austria (1), Greece (1), Hungary (1), Iran (1), Oman (1)
Total: 13 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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