Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Melongenidae
Alternative spellings: Melongena (Pugilina), Volema (Pugilina)
Parent taxon: Melongenidae according to G. J. Vermeij and P. Lozouet 2012
See also Adegoke 1977, Darragh 2017, Eames 1952, Harzhauser et al. 2009, Ladd 1977, Mukerjee 1939, Oostingh 1935, Sepkoski 2002, Vredenburg 1923 and Wilson 1994
Sister taxa: Busyconinae, Cornulina, Echinofulgurinae, Fascioplex, Fyfea, Levifusus, Lomirosa, Melongeninae, Nipponitys, Palaeatractus, Protobusycon, Pseudomazzalina, Pyrifusus, Saginafusus, Saturnus, Sycostoma, Torquifer, Tropochasca, Volema
Subtaxa: Melongena (Pugilina) ickei Melongena (Pugilina) muriciformis Melongena (Pugilina) ponderosa Melongena (Pugilina) praeparadisiaca Melongena (Pugilina) praeponderosa Melongena (Pugilina) pugilina Pugilina (Mayeria) Pugilina ditropis Pugilina eulactea Pugilina fasciata Pugilina morio Volema (Pugilina) superspinosa
Type: Murex morio
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Indonesia (4 collections)
• Miocene of the Dominican Republic (2), India (5), Indonesia (1), Italy (1), Japan (4), the Marshall Islands (1), Pakistan (6)
• Oligocene of France (1), Myanmar (3)
• Eocene of Australia (1), Bulgaria (5), India (1), Pakistan (1)
• Cretaceous of the United Kingdom (1)
Total: 37 collections including 39 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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