Melongena corona

Melongena corona
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Melongenidae
Genus: Melongena
Species:
M. corona
Binomial name
Melongena corona
(Gmelin, 1791)
Synonyms[1]
  • Cassidula corona (Gmelin, 1791)
  • Fusus bicolor Say, 1826 (original combination)
  • Hemifusus corona (Gmelin, 1791) (superseded combination)
  • Hemifusus corona var. estephomenos Melvill, 1881
  • Hemifusus corona var. minor G. B. Sowerby III, 1879
  • Melongena altispira Pilsbry & Vanatta, 1934
  • Melongena belknapi Petit, 1852
  • Melongena bicolor (Say, 1826)
  • Melongena corona altispira Pilsbry & Vanatta, 1934
  • Melongena corona aspinosa (Dall, 1890)
  • Melongena corona bicolor (Say, 1826)
  • Melongena corona corona (Gmelin, 1791
  • Melongena corona johnstonei (Clench & Turner, 1956)
  • Melongena corona perspinosa Pilsbry & Vanatta, 1934
  • Melongena corona sprucecreekensis Tucker, 1994
  • Melongena corona f. altispira Pilsbry & Vanatta, 1934 (original combination)
  • Melongena pyruloides (DeKay, 1843)
  • Murex corona Gmelin, 1791 (original combination)

Melongena corona, common name the Florida crown conch, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Melongenidae, the crown conches and their allies.[2]

Subspecies
  • Melongena corona corona (Gmelin, 1791)
  • Melongena corona winnerae Petuch, 2003
  1. ^ Masterson, J. (2008). "Smithsonian Marine Station at Fort Pierce". Retrieved 12 January 2010.
  2. ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Melongena corona (Gmelin, 1791). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=420061 on 2021-07-11