Melongena melongena
Five views of a shell of Melongena melongena (Linné, 1758)
Scientific classification Edit this 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)

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]

References

  1. 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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