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Family: Melongenidae Melongenas



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30 species (see list below)
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Indo-West Pacific
Max. Length 15 cm SHL
Brunneifusus ternatanus (Gmelin, 1791)

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Brunneifusus ternatanus
[Ternate melongena]
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Max. Length 23.2 cm DL
 
Busycon candelabrum
[Splendid whelk]

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Western Atlantic Ocean
Max. Length 24.9 cm DL
Busycon carica (Gmelin, 1791)

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Busycon carica
[Knobbed whelk]
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Max. Length 10.7 cm DL
 
Busycon coarctatum
[Turnip whelk]
No picture found
 
Busycon contrarium
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 25.8 cm DL
 
Busycon laeostomum
[Snow whelk]
No picture found

Max. Length 13.5 cm DL
 
Busycon lyonsi
[]

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Western Central Atlantic
Max. Length 20.5 cm DL
Busycon perversum (Linnaeus, 1758)

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Busycon perversum
[Perverse whelk]
No picture found

Max. Length 20 cm DL
 
Busycon pulleyi
[Prickly whelk]

Photo by O'Keefe, Jo

Western Atlantic and East
Max. Length 20.1 cm DL
Busycotypus canaliculatus (Linnaeus, 1758)

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Busycotypus canaliculatus
[Channeled whelk]
No picture found

Max. Length 10 cm DL
 
Busycotypus plagosus
[Shouldered pearwhelk]

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Western Atlantic.
Max. Length 13.1 cm DL
Busycotypus spiratus (Lamarck, 1816)

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Busycotypus spiratus
[Pearwhelk]
No picture found

Max. Length 5.7 cm DL
 
Fulguropsis feldmanni
[]
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Hemifusus cariniferus
[]
No picture found
 
Hemifusus hitoshiikedai
[]
No picture found
 
Hemifusus schuetti
[]
No picture found
 
Hemifusus treudei
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 4.9 cm DL
 
Melongena bicolor
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 7.5 cm DL
 
Melongena bispinosa
[]

Photo by Coltro, Marcus

Western Atlantic.
Max. Length 20.5 cm DL
Melongena corona (Gmelin, 1791)

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Melongena corona
[Crown conch]

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Western Central Atlantic.
Max. Length 18.2 cm DL
Melongena melongena (Linnaeus, 1758)

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Melongena melongena
[West Indian crown conch]
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Melongena patula
[Pacific melongena]
No picture found

Max. Length 18.5 cm DL
 
Melongena sprucecreekensis
[]

Photo by Coltro, Marcus

Indo-West Pacific
Max. Length 25 cm SHL
Pugilina colosseus (Lamarck, 1816)

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Pugilina colosseus
[Colossal melongena]

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Atlantic Ocean
Max. Length 16.6 cm DL
Pugilina morio (Linnaeus, 1758)

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Pugilina morio
[Giant hairy melongena]

Photo by Modi, Shuanak

Indo-West Pacific
Max. Length 15 cm ShH
Volegalea cochlidium (Linnaeus, 1758)

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Volegalea cochlidium
[Spiral melongena]
No picture found

Max. Length 20 cm ShH
 
Volema carinifera
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 15 cm TL
 
Volema cochlidium
[]

Photo by Coltro, Marcus

Western Pacific
Max. Length 8 cm ShH
Volema myristica (Röding, 1798)

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Volema myristica
[Nutmeg melongena]
No picture found
 
Volema pyrum
[Pear melongena]


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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Brunneifusus ternatanus Ternate melongena Indo-West Pacific 15 SHL 1791
Busycon candelabrum Splendid whelk Western Atlantic. 23.2 DL 1816
Busycon carica Knobbed whelk Western Atlantic Ocean 24.9 DL 1791
Busycon coarctatum Turnip whelk Western Central Atlantic 10.7 DL 1825
Busycon contrarium Western Central Atlantic 1840
Busycon laeostomum Snow whelk Western Atlantic Ocean. 25.8 DL 1982
Busycon lyonsi Western Atlantic. 13.5 DL 1987
Busycon perversum Perverse whelk Western Central Atlantic 20.5 DL 1758
Busycon pulleyi Prickly whelk Western Atlantic. 20 DL 1958
Busycotypus canaliculatus Channeled whelk Western Atlantic and East 20.1 DL 1758
Busycotypus plagosus Shouldered pearwhelk Western Atlantic. 10 DL 1862
Busycotypus spiratus Pearwhelk Western Atlantic. 13.1 DL 1816
Fulguropsis feldmanni Western Atlantic. 5.7 DL 1991
Hemifusus cariniferus Western Pacific 1965
Hemifusus hitoshiikedai Western Pacific 2020
Hemifusus schuetti Western Pacific 2021
Hemifusus treudei Western Pacific 2021
Melongena bicolor Western Atlantic. 4.9 DL 1826
Melongena bispinosa Western Atlantic. 7.5 DL 1844
Melongena corona Crown conch Western Atlantic. 20.5 DL 1791
Melongena melongena West Indian crown conch Western Central Atlantic. 18.2 DL 1758
Melongena patula Pacific melongena Eastern Pacific 1829
Melongena sprucecreekensis Western Atlantic. 18.5 DL 1994
Pugilina colosseus Colossal melongena Indo-West Pacific 25 SHL 1816
Pugilina morio Giant hairy melongena Atlantic Ocean 16.6 DL 1758
Volegalea cochlidium Spiral melongena Indo-West Pacific 15 ShH 1758
Volema carinifera Western Central Pacific 20 ShH 1961
Volema cochlidium Western Central Pacific 15 TL 1758
Volema myristica Nutmeg melongena Western Pacific 8 ShH 1798
Volema pyrum Pear melongena Western Indian Ocean 1791



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