MolluscaBase - Melongena corona (Gmelin, 1791)

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Melongena corona (Gmelin, 1791)

To MNHN Type collection (IM 2000-6774)

AphiaID

420061 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:420061)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Melongena Schumacher, 1817

Original name

Murex corona Gmelin, 1791

Synonymised names

Cassidula corona (Gmelin, 1791) · unaccepted > superseded combination

Fusus bicolor Say, 1826 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Hemifusus corona (Gmelin, 1791) · unaccepted > superseded combination

Hemifusus corona var. estephomenos Melvill, 1881 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (based on the same figure)

Hemifusus corona var. minor G. B. Sowerby III, 1879 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Melongena (Rexmela) corona (Gmelin, 1791) · alternative representation

Melongena altispira Pilsbry & Vanatta, 1934 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Melongena belknapi Petit de la Saussaye, 1852 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Melongena bicolor (Say, 1826) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Melongena corona altispira Pilsbry & Vanatta, 1934 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Melongena corona bicolor (Say, 1826) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Melongena corona f. altispira Pilsbry & Vanatta, 1934 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Melongena corona f. minor (G. B. Sowerby III, 1879) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Melongena corona johnstonei Clench & R. D. Turner, 1956 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Melongena corona perspinosa Pilsbry & Vanatta, 1934 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Melongena corona var. inspinata H. G. Richards, 1933 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Melongena perspinosa Pilsbry & Vanatta, 1934 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Melongena sprucecreekensis J. K. Tucker, 1994 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Murex corona Gmelin, 1791 · unaccepted > superseded combination

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Subspecies Melongena corona corona (Gmelin, 1791)
Subspecies Melongena corona winnerae Petuch, 2003
Subspecies Melongena corona altispira Pilsbry & Vanatta, 1934 accepted as Melongena corona (Gmelin, 1791) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Subspecies Melongena corona bicolor (Say, 1826) accepted as Melongena corona (Gmelin, 1791) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Subspecies Melongena corona bispinosa (R. A. Philippi, 1844) accepted as Melongena bispinosa (R. A. Philippi, 1844) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Forma Melongena corona f. altispira Pilsbry & Vanatta, 1934 accepted as Melongena corona altispira Pilsbry & Vanatta, 1934 accepted as Melongena corona (Gmelin, 1791) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Forma Melongena corona f. minor (G. B. Sowerby III, 1879) accepted as Melongena corona (Gmelin, 1791) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Subspecies Melongena corona johnstonei Clench & R. D. Turner, 1956 accepted as Melongena corona (Gmelin, 1791) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Subspecies Melongena corona perspinosa Pilsbry & Vanatta, 1934 accepted as Melongena corona (Gmelin, 1791) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Variety Melongena corona var. inspinata H. G. Richards, 1933 accepted as Melongena corona (Gmelin, 1791) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Subspecies Melongena corona subcoronata Heilprin, 1886 † (uncertain > unassessed)

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

(of Murex corona Gmelin, 1791) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Vermes. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 13. Tome 1(6). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. Systema Naturae. Linneaeus (ed.). Ed. 13. 1: pars. 6., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Melongena corona (Gmelin, 1791). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=420061 on 2024-11-21

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2009-10-06 12:38:14Z

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db_admin

2011-09-24 22:42:09Z

checked

Rosenberg, Gary

2024-09-07 08:52:40Z

changed

Vinarski, Maxim

Licensing

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original description (of Melongena sprucecreekensis J. K. Tucker, 1994) Tucker, J.K. (1994). The crown conch (Melongena: Melongenidae) in Florida and Alabama with the description of Melongena sprucecreekensis, n. sp. Bulletin of the Florida Museum of Natural History, Biological Sciences. 36: 181–203. [details]

original description (of Murex corona Gmelin, 1791) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Vermes. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 13. Tome 1(6). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. Systema Naturae. Linneaeus (ed.). Ed. 13. 1: pars. 6., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5 [details]

original description (of Melongena corona perspinosa Pilsbry & Vanatta, 1934) Pilsbry, H. A. & Vanatta, E. G. (1934). Melongena corona and its races. The Nautilus. 47(4): 117-121, pl. 12., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8522698
page(s): 120, pl. 12, fig. 1 [details]

original description (of Hemifusus corona var. minor G. B. Sowerby III, 1879) Sowerby, G. B. III. (1879). Descriptions of ten new species of shells. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1878: 795–798, pl. 48. (April 1879)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28519491
page(s): 798, pl. 48, fig. 13 [details]

original description (of Melongena corona johnstonei Clench & R. D. Turner, 1956) Clench, W. J. & Turner, R. D. (1956). The family Melongenidae in the western Atlantic. Johnsonia. 3(35): 161–188, pls 94–109., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41113243
page(s): 178-180, pl. 96, 105 [details]

original description (of Hemifusus corona var. estephomenos Melvill, 1881) Melvill, J.C. (1881). List of Mollusca obtained in South Carolina and Florida (Principally at the island of Key West) in 1871-1872. Journal of Conchology. 3: 155-173., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31867928
page(s): 157. [details]

original description (of Melongena corona f. altispira Pilsbry & Vanatta, 1934) Pilsbry, H. A. & Vanatta, E. G. (1934). Melongena corona and its races. The Nautilus. 47(4): 117-121, pl. 12., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8522698
page(s): 119, pl. 12, fig. 5 [details]

original description (of Melongena belknapi Petit de la Saussaye, 1852) Petit [de la Saussaye], [S.]. (1852). Notice sur une nouvelle espèce du genre Pyrule de Lamarck. Journal de Conchyliologie. 3(1): 64-66, pl. 2 fig. 5., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15856575 [details]

original description (of Melongena corona var. inspinata H. G. Richards, 1933) Richards, H. G. (1933). New varieties of Melongena and Gyrineum. The Nautilus. 47(2): 57, pl. 6, figs. 1-2., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8522628
page(s): 57, pl. 6, fig. 1 [details]

context source (Bermuda) Jensen, R. H.; Pearce, T. A. (2009). Marine Mollusks of Bermuda: Checklist and Bibliography. Delaware Museum of Natural History, Wilmington, Delaware, 473 pp. [details]

basis of record Rosenberg, G.; Moretzsohn, F.; García, E. F. (2009). Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details] Available for editors

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additional source Hayes, K. A.; Karl, S. A. (2009). Phylogenetic relationships of crown conchs (Melongena spp.): the corona complex simplified. Journal of Biogeography. 36(1): 28-38., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2699.2008.01966.x [details] Available for editors

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additional source Pilsbry, H. A. & Vanatta, E. G. (1934). Melongena corona and its races. The Nautilus. 47(4): 117-121, pl. 12., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8522698 [details]

additional source White, F. A. (1894). Melongena corona Gmel. The Nautilus. 8(1): 11., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43044607 [details]

additional source Pilsbry, H. A. (1936). Melongena corona Gmel. The Nautilus. 50(1): 29., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8524476 [details]

additional source Gunter, G. & Menzel, R. W. (1957). The crown conch, Melongena corona, as a predator upon the Virginia oyster. The Nautilus. 70(3): 84-87., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8520751 [details]

additional source Caldwell, D. K. (1959). Notes on the crown conch, Melongena corona. The Nautilus. 72(4): 117-122., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8521164 [details]

additional source Turner, R. D. (1959). Notes on the feeding of Melongena corona. The Nautilus. 73(1): 11-13., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8515659 [details]

additional source Turner, R. D. (1959). Melongena egg cases. The Nautilus. 73(2): 77., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8515729 [details]

Present

Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Definitions

Language	Name
English	Florida crown conchcommon crown conchAmerican crown conch	[details]
German	Gemeine KronenschneckeFlorida-KronenschneckeAmerikanische Kronenschnecke	[details]