Melongena melongena

Melongena melongena
Five views of a shell of Melongena melongena (Linné, 1758)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Buccinoidea
Family: Melongenidae
Subfamily: Melongeninae
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 and their allies.

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