30 Species in Family Melongenidae
Nominal species list for Melongenidae
Scientific Name Author English Name
Brunneifusus ternatanus (Gmelin, 1791) Ternate melongena
Busycon candelabrum (Lamarck, 1816) Splendid whelk
Busycon carica (Gmelin, 1791) Knobbed whelk
Busycon coarctatum (Sowerby, 1825) Turnip whelk
Busycon contrarium (Conrad, 1840)
Busycon laeostomum Kent, 1982 Snow whelk
Busycon lyonsi Petuch, 1987
Busycon perversum (Linnaeus, 1758) Perverse whelk
Busycon pulleyi Hollister, 1958 Prickly whelk
Busycotypus canaliculatus (Linnaeus, 1758) Channeled whelk
Busycotypus plagosus (Conrad, 1862) Shouldered pearwhelk
Busycotypus spiratus (Lamarck, 1816) Pearwhelk
Fulguropsis feldmanni Petuch, 1991
Hemifusus cariniferus Habe & Kosuge, 1965
Hemifusus hitoshiikedai Thach, 2020
Hemifusus schuetti Alf & Thach, 2021
Hemifusus treudei Alf & Thach, 2021
Melongena bicolor (Say, 1826)
Melongena bispinosa (Philippi, 1844)
Melongena corona (Gmelin, 1791) Crown conch
Melongena melongena (Linnaeus, 1758) West Indian crown conch
Melongena patula (Broderip & Sowerby, 1829) Pacific melongena
Melongena sprucecreekensis Tucker, 1994
Pugilina colosseus (Lamarck, 1816) Colossal melongena
Pugilina morio (Linnaeus, 1758) Giant hairy melongena
Volegalea cochlidium (Linnaeus, 1758) Spiral melongena
Volema carinifera (Habe & Kosuge, 1965)
Volema cochlidium (Linnaeus, 1758)
Volema myristica (Röding, 1798) Nutmeg melongena
Volema pyrum (Gmelin, 1791) Pear melongena
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