WoRMS taxon details
Melongenidae Gill, 1871 (1854)
160182 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:160182)
accepted
Family
Melongena Schumacher, 1817 (type by original designation)
Cassidulidae J. E. Gray, 1854 · unaccepted (invalid: type genus a junior...)
invalid: type genus a junior homonym of Cassidulus Lamarck, 1801 [Echinodermata], which is itself the type genus of Cassidulidae L. Agassiz & Desor, 1847
Galeodidae Thiele, 1925 · unaccepted (invalid: type genus a junior...)
invalid: type genus a junior homonym of Galeodes Olivier, 1791 [Arachnida]
Heligmotomidae Adegoke, 1977 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Melongeninae Gill, 1871 (1854) · unaccepted > superseded rank
Volemidae Winckworth, 1945 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
- Genus Brunneifusus Dekkers, 2018
- Genus Cornulina Conrad, 1853 †
- Genus Heligmotoma Mayer-Eymar, 1895 †
- Genus Hemifusus Swainson, 1840
- Genus Lomirosa Stephenson, 1941 †
- Genus Mayeria Bellardi, 1873 †
- Genus Melongena Schumacher, 1817
- Genus Michela J. A. Gardner, 1945 †
- Genus Palaeatractus Gabb, 1869 †
- Genus Pentzia Squires & Saul, 2003 †
- Genus Pugilina Schumacher, 1817
- Genus Saginafusus Wenz, 1943
- Genus Saturnus Saul & Popenoe, 1993 †
- Genus Serrifusus Meek, 1876 †
- Genus Sycostoma L. R. Cox, 1931 †
- Genus Taphon H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853
- Genus Texaficus Garvie, 2013 †
- Genus Torquifer B. Roth, 1981 †
- Genus Tropochasca Olsson, 1967 †
- Genus Volegalea Iredale, 1938
- Genus Volema Röding, 1798
- Genus Cassidulus J. E. Gray, 1854 accepted as Pugilina Schumacher, 1817 (unaccepted > junior objective synonym, invalid: junior homonym of Cassidulus Lamarck, 1801 [Echinodermata])
- Genus Galeodes Röding, 1798 accepted as Melongena Schumacher, 1817 (invalid: junior homonym of Galeodes Olivi, 1791 [Arachnida])
- Genus Lenifusus Dekkers, 2018 accepted as Brunneifusus Dekkers, 2018
- Subfamily Melongeninae Gill, 1871 (1854) accepted as Melongenidae Gill, 1871 (1854) (unaccepted > superseded rank)
- Genus Myristica Swainson, 1840 accepted as Volema Röding, 1798
- Genus Semifusus Agassiz, 1846 accepted as Hemifusus Swainson, 1840
- Genus Sycum Bayle, 1880 † accepted as Sycostoma L. R. Cox, 1931 † (unaccepted > junior homonym, junior homonym of Sycum Agassiz, 1846 [Porifera]; Sycostoma is a replacement name)
- Genus Thalessa H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853 accepted as Volema Röding, 1798
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
Gill T. (1871). Arrangement of the families of mollusks. Prepared for the Smithsonian Institution. <em>Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections.</em> 227: xvi + 49 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9051572
page(s): 5 [details]
page(s): 5 [details]
Nomenclature Family names cited with two dates (the second one in parentheses) are those ruled by Article 40(2) of ICZN. "If ... a...
Nomenclature Family names cited with two dates (the second one in parentheses) are those ruled by Article 40(2) of ICZN. "If ... a family-group name was replaced before 1961 because of the synonymy of the type genus, the replacement name is to be maintained if it is in prevailing usage. A name maintained by virtue of this Article retains its own author [and date, the first date cited] but takes the priority of the replaced name [the date cited in parentheses, here refering to Cassidulidae Gray, 1854] [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Melongenidae Gill, 1871 (1854). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=160182 on 2025-11-04
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Nomenclature
original description
Gill T. (1871). Arrangement of the families of mollusks. Prepared for the Smithsonian Institution. <em>Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections.</em> 227: xvi + 49 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9051572
page(s): 5 [details]
original description (of Cassidulidae J. E. Gray, 1854) Gray, J. E. (1854). On the division of ctenobranchous gasteropodous Mollusca into larger groups and families. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> (1853) 21: 32-44., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30747153
page(s): 35 [details]
original description (of Heligmotomidae Adegoke, 1977 †) Adegoke, O. S. (1977). Stratigraphy and paleontology of the Ewekoro Formation (Paleogene) of southwestern Nigeria. <em>Bulletins of American Paleontology.</em> 71(295): 1-379.
page(s): 169 [details] Available for editors
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basis of record Kosyan A.R., Kantor Yu.I. (2004). Morphology, taxonomic status and relationships pf Melongenidae (Gastropoda: Neogastropoda). <em>Ruthenica, Russian Malacological Journal.</em> 14(1): 9-36. [details]
page(s): 5 [details]
original description (of Cassidulidae J. E. Gray, 1854) Gray, J. E. (1854). On the division of ctenobranchous gasteropodous Mollusca into larger groups and families. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> (1853) 21: 32-44., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30747153
page(s): 35 [details]
original description (of Heligmotomidae Adegoke, 1977 †) Adegoke, O. S. (1977). Stratigraphy and paleontology of the Ewekoro Formation (Paleogene) of southwestern Nigeria. <em>Bulletins of American Paleontology.</em> 71(295): 1-379.
page(s): 169 [details] Available for editors
[request]basis of record Kosyan A.R., Kantor Yu.I. (2004). Morphology, taxonomic status and relationships pf Melongenidae (Gastropoda: Neogastropoda). <em>Ruthenica, Russian Malacological Journal.</em> 14(1): 9-36. [details]
Taxonomy
status source
Bouchet P., Rocroi J.P., Hausdorf B., Kaim A., Kano Y., Nützel A., Parkhaev P., Schrödl M. & Strong E.E. (2017). Revised classification, nomenclator and typification of gastropod and monoplacophoran families. <em>Malacologia.</em> 61(1-2): 1-526. [details] Available for editors [request]
status source Kantor, Y.I., Fedosov, A.E., Kosyan, A.R., Puillandre, N., Sorokin, P.A., Kano, Y., Clark, R. N. & Bouchet, P. (2022 [nomenclatural availability: 2021]). Molecular phylogeny and revised classification of the Buccinoidea (Neogastropoda). <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 194(3): 789-857., available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlab031 [details] Available for editors [request]
[request]status source Kantor, Y.I., Fedosov, A.E., Kosyan, A.R., Puillandre, N., Sorokin, P.A., Kano, Y., Clark, R. N. & Bouchet, P. (2022 [nomenclatural availability: 2021]). Molecular phylogeny and revised classification of the Buccinoidea (Neogastropoda). <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 194(3): 789-857., available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlab031 [details] Available for editors
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Nomenclature Family names cited with two dates (the second one in parentheses) are those ruled by Article 40(2) of ICZN. "If ... a family-group name was replaced before 1961 because of the synonymy of the type genus, the replacement name is to be maintained if it is in prevailing usage. A name maintained by virtue of this Article retains its own author [and date, the first date cited] but takes the priority of the replaced name [the date cited in parentheses, here refering to Cassidulidae Gray, 1854] [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | crown snailscrown shells | [details] |
| German | Kronenschnecken | [details] |
| Japanese | テングニシ／カンムリボラ科 | [details] |
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Cassidulidae) (from synonym Cassidulidae J. E. Gray, 1854)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Galeodidae) (from synonym Galeodidae Thiele, 1925)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Melongenidae)
To Genbank
To Genbank (from synonym Galeodidae Thiele, 1925)
To image gallery of Natural History Museum Rotterdam
To ITIS
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Cassidulidae) (from synonym Cassidulidae J. E. Gray, 1854)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Galeodidae) (from synonym Galeodidae Thiele, 1925)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Melongenidae)
To Genbank
To Genbank (from synonym Galeodidae Thiele, 1925)
To image gallery of Natural History Museum Rotterdam
To ITIS
