Melongena melongena
Melongena melongena, common name the Caribbean crown conch, is a species of large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Melongenidae, the crown conches.[1]
| Melongena melongena | |
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| Five views of a shell of Melongena melongena (Linné, 1758) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Melongenidae |
| Genus: | Melongena |
| Species: | M. melongena |
| Binomial name | |
| Melongena melongena (Linnaeus, 1758) | |
References
- Bruggeman-Nannenga, M. A.; Wagenaar Hummelinck, P. (1986-01-01). "Notes on the Caribbean crown conch Melongena Melongena". Studies on the Fauna of Curaçao and other Caribbean Islands. 68 (1): 148–190. ISSN 0166-5189.
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