WoRMS taxon details
Melongena corona (Gmelin, 1791)
420061 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:420061)
accepted
Species
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 superseded combination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 superseded combination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 superseded combination
- 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 superseded combination)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)
marine
(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. <em>Systema Naturae. Linneaeus (ed.). Ed. 13.</em> 1: pars. 6., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5 [details]
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 2024-04-18
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original description
(of Melongena sprucecreekensis J. K. Tucker, 1994) Tucker, J.K. (1994). The crown conch (<i>Melongena</i>: Melongenidae) in Florida and Alabama with the description of <i>Melongena sprucecreekensis</i>, n. sp. <em>Bulletin of the Florida Museum of Natural History, Biological Sciences.</em> 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. <em>Systema Naturae. Linneaeus (ed.). Ed. 13.</em> 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). <i>Melongena corona</i> and its races. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 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. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 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. <em>Johnsonia.</em> 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. <em>Journal of Conchology.</em> 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). <i>Melongena corona</i> and its races. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 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. <em>Journal de Conchyliologie.</em> 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 <i>Melongena</i> and <i>Gyrineum</i>. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 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 <i>in:</i> 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
[request]
additional source Hayes, K. A.; Karl, S. A. (2009). Phylogenetic relationships of crown conchs (<i>Melongena</i> spp.): the <i>corona</i> complex simplified. <em>Journal of Biogeography.</em> 36(1): 28-38., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2699.2008.01966.x [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Pilsbry, H. A. & Vanatta, E. G. (1934). <i>Melongena corona</i> and its races. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 47(4): 117-121, pl. 12., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8522698 [details]
additional source White, F. A. (1894). <i>Melongena corona</i> Gmel. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 8(1): 11., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43044607 [details]
additional source Pilsbry, H. A. (1936). <i>Melongena corona</i> Gmel. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 50(1): 29., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8524476 [details]
additional source Gunter, G. & Menzel, R. W. (1957). The crown conch, <i>Melongena corona</i>, as a predator upon the Virginia oyster. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 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, <i>Melongena corona</i>. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 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 <i>Melongena corona</i>. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 73(1): 11-13., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8515659 [details]
additional source Turner, R. D. (1959). <i>Melongena</i> egg cases. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 73(2): 77., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8515729 [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. <em>Systema Naturae. Linneaeus (ed.). Ed. 13.</em> 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). <i>Melongena corona</i> and its races. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 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. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 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. <em>Johnsonia.</em> 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. <em>Journal of Conchology.</em> 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). <i>Melongena corona</i> and its races. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 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. <em>Journal de Conchyliologie.</em> 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 <i>Melongena</i> and <i>Gyrineum</i>. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 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 <i>in:</i> 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
[request] additional source Hayes, K. A.; Karl, S. A. (2009). Phylogenetic relationships of crown conchs (<i>Melongena</i> spp.): the <i>corona</i> complex simplified. <em>Journal of Biogeography.</em> 36(1): 28-38., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2699.2008.01966.x [details] Available for editors
[request] additional source Pilsbry, H. A. & Vanatta, E. G. (1934). <i>Melongena corona</i> and its races. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 47(4): 117-121, pl. 12., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8522698 [details]
additional source White, F. A. (1894). <i>Melongena corona</i> Gmel. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 8(1): 11., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43044607 [details]
additional source Pilsbry, H. A. (1936). <i>Melongena corona</i> Gmel. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 50(1): 29., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8524476 [details]
additional source Gunter, G. & Menzel, R. W. (1957). The crown conch, <i>Melongena corona</i>, as a predator upon the Virginia oyster. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 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, <i>Melongena corona</i>. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 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 <i>Melongena corona</i>. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 73(1): 11-13., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8515659 [details]
additional source Turner, R. D. (1959). <i>Melongena</i> egg cases. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 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
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | Florida crown conchcommon crown conchAmerican crown conch | [details] |
| German | Gemeine KronenschneckeFlorida-KronenschneckeAmerikanische Kronenschnecke | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (13 barcodes)
To Barcode of Life (2 barcodes) (from synonym Melongena sprucecreekensis J. K. Tucker, 1994)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Melongena bicolor (Say, 1826))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (88 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive (ENA)
To European Nucleotide Archive (ENA) (from synonym Melongena bicolor (Say, 1826))
To European Nucleotide Archive (ENA) (from synonym Melongena sprucecreekensis J. K. Tucker, 1994)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 2 proteins) (from synonym Melongena sprucecreekensis J. K. Tucker, 1994)
To GenBank (5 nucleotides; 5 proteins) (from synonym Melongena corona johnstonei Clench & R. D. Turner, 1956)
To GenBank (7 nucleotides; 6 proteins) (from synonym Melongena corona bicolor (Say, 1826))
To GenBank (7 nucleotides; 6 proteins) (from synonym Melongena bicolor (Say, 1826))
To GenBank (9 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To GenBank (9 nucleotides; 1 proteins) (from synonym Murex corona Gmelin, 1791)
To MNHN Type collection (IM 2000-6774) (from synonym Melongena belknapi Petit de la Saussaye, 1852)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Melongena bicolor (Say, 1826))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Melongena sprucecreekensis J. K. Tucker, 1994)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To ITIS
To Barcode of Life (2 barcodes) (from synonym Melongena sprucecreekensis J. K. Tucker, 1994)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Melongena bicolor (Say, 1826))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (88 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive (ENA)
To European Nucleotide Archive (ENA) (from synonym Melongena bicolor (Say, 1826))
To European Nucleotide Archive (ENA) (from synonym Melongena sprucecreekensis J. K. Tucker, 1994)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 2 proteins) (from synonym Melongena sprucecreekensis J. K. Tucker, 1994)
To GenBank (5 nucleotides; 5 proteins) (from synonym Melongena corona johnstonei Clench & R. D. Turner, 1956)
To GenBank (7 nucleotides; 6 proteins) (from synonym Melongena corona bicolor (Say, 1826))
To GenBank (7 nucleotides; 6 proteins) (from synonym Melongena bicolor (Say, 1826))
To GenBank (9 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To GenBank (9 nucleotides; 1 proteins) (from synonym Murex corona Gmelin, 1791)
To MNHN Type collection (IM 2000-6774) (from synonym Melongena belknapi Petit de la Saussaye, 1852)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Melongena bicolor (Say, 1826))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Melongena sprucecreekensis J. K. Tucker, 1994)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To ITIS
