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''Melongena'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Melongenidae, the crown conches and their allies.〔 WoRMS (2010). Melongena Schumacher, 1817. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=205587 on 2011-04-02 〕 ==Species== Species within the genus ''Melongena'' include: * ''Melongena bicolor'' (Say, 1826) * ''Melongena bispinosa'' (Philippi, 1844) * ''Melongena californica'' Anderson & Martin, 1914 * ''Melongena corona'' (Gmelin, 1791) - crown conch - synonym: ''Melongena subcoronata'' * ''Melongena melongena'' (Linnaeus, 1758) - type species〔 * ''Melongena patula'' (Linnaeus, 1758) * ''Melongena sprucecreekensis'' Tucker, 1994 * † ''Melongena woodwardi'' (Roxo, 1924) - from Miocene of the Pebas Formation〔Vermeij J. & Wesselingh F. P. (2002). "Neogastropod molluscs from the Miocene of western Amazonia, with comments on marine to freshwater transitions in molluscs". ''Journal of Paleontology'' 76(2): 265-270. .〕 synonyms: * ''Melongena paradisaica'' (Röding, 1798) is a synonym of ''Volema paradisiaca'' Röding, 1798 * ''Melongena paradisiaca'' (Röding, 1798) is a synonym of ''Volema paradisiaca'' Röding, 1798 * ''Melongena pirum'' Dautzenberg, 1929 is a synonym of ''Volema pyrum'' (Gmelin, 1791) The shells of ''Melongena'' species are extremely variable in shape and sculpture, and historically this has meant that a large number of different forms have been named, creating numerous synonyms. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Melongena」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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