Melongenidae

For a while prior to 2004, the genera Busycon and Busycotypus were placed in the Melongenidae. these two genera were moved to the family Busyconidae within the superfamily Buccinoidea. According to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi (2005), the Melongenidae consists of two subfamilies: • Subfamily Melongeninae Gill, 1871 (1854) - synonyms: Cassidulidae Gray, 1854 (inv.); Galeodidae Thiele, 1925 (inv.); Volemidae Winckworth, 1945; Heligmotomidae Adegoke, 1977 • Subfamily Echinofulgurinae Petuch, 1994 ==Genera==

Genera in the family Melongenidae include: • Brunneifusus Dekkers, 2018 • Hemifusus Swainson, 1840 • Lenifusus Dekkers, 2018 • Melongena Schumacher, 1817 - crown conchs • Pugilina Schumacher, 1817 • Saginafusus Wenz, 1943 • † Sycostoma Cox, 1931 • Taphon H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853 • Volegalea Iredale, 1938 • Volema Röding, 1798 ; Genera brought into synonymy: • Cassidulus Gray, 1854: synonym of Pugilina Schumacher, 1817 • Galeodes Röding, 1798 : synonym of Melongena Schumacher, 1817 • Semifusus Agassiz, 1846 synonym of Hemifusus Swainson, 1840 • Thalessa H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853: synonym of Volema Röding, 1798 ==References==