MolluscaBase - Melongena melongena (Linnaeus, 1758)

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Melongena melongena (Linnaeus, 1758)

AphiaID

420062 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:420062)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Melongena Schumacher, 1817

Original name

Murex melongena Linnaeus, 1758

Synonymised names

Melongena fasciata Schumacher, 1817 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Melongena melongena f. dilatata Bruggeman-Nannenga & Hummelinck, 1986 · unaccepted

Melongena melongena f. nana Bruggeman-Nannenga & Hummelinck, 1986 · unaccepted

Melongena melongena f. salinarum Bruggeman-Nannenga & Hummelinck, 1986 · unaccepted

Murex melongena Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted > superseded combination

Pyrula melongena (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted > superseded combination

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Forma Melongena melongena f. dilatata Bruggeman-Nannenga & Hummelinck, 1986 accepted as Melongena melongena (Linnaeus, 1758)
Forma Melongena melongena f. nana Bruggeman-Nannenga & Hummelinck, 1986 accepted as Melongena melongena (Linnaeus, 1758)
Forma Melongena melongena f. salinarum Bruggeman-Nannenga & Hummelinck, 1986 accepted as Melongena melongena (Linnaeus, 1758)

Environment

marine

Original description

(of Murex melongena Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors

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Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Melongena melongena (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=420062 on 2025-04-02

Taxonomic edit history

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2009-10-06 12:38:14Z

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2011-09-24 22:42:09Z

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Rosenberg, Gary

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Nomenclature

original description (of Murex melongena Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors

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original description (of Melongena melongena f. dilatata Bruggeman-Nannenga & Hummelinck, 1986) Bruggeman-Nannenga, M. A. & Hummelinck, P. W. (1986). Notes on the Caribbean crown conch Melongena melongena. Studies on the Fauna of Curaçao and other Caribbean Islands: no. 212. 68(1): 148-190., available online at http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/document/549841
page(s): 157, figs 17, 21f [details]

original description (of Melongena melongena f. nana Bruggeman-Nannenga & Hummelinck, 1986) Bruggeman-Nannenga, M. A. & Hummelinck, P. W. (1986). Notes on the Caribbean crown conch Melongena melongena. Studies on the Fauna of Curaçao and other Caribbean Islands: no. 212. 68(1): 148-190., available online at http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/document/549841
page(s): 160, figs 18a-b, 19a-b, 20a-d, f-g, 21b [details]

original description (of Melongena melongena f. salinarum Bruggeman-Nannenga & Hummelinck, 1986) Bruggeman-Nannenga, M. A. & Hummelinck, P. W. (1986). Notes on the Caribbean crown conch Melongena melongena. Studies on the Fauna of Curaçao and other Caribbean Islands: no. 212. 68(1): 148-190., available online at http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/document/549841
page(s): 158, figs 18c-d, 19c-e, 21c [details]

original description (of Melongena fasciata Schumacher, 1817) Schumacher, C. F. (1817). Essai d'un nouveau système des habitations des vers testacés. Schultz, Copenghagen. iv + 288 pp., 22 pls., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/81329
page(s): 212 [details]

basis of record Rosenberg, G.; Moretzsohn, F.; García, E. F. (2009). Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details] Available for editors

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Other

additional source Verrill, A. H. (1947). Additions to the Mollusca of Lake Worth, Florida. The Nautilus. 61(2): 47-48., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8284747
page(s): 48 [details]

additional source Gabb, W. M. (1873). On the topography and geology of Santo Domingo. Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, new series. 15(1): 49-259, 2 maps., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46059253
page(s): 205 [details]