Melongena corona

Melongena corona
Melongena corona
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. corona
Binomial name
Melongena corona (Gmelin, 1791)
Synonyms
Melongena pyruloides (DeKay 1843) Melongena corona altispira (Pilsbry and Vanatta 1934) Melongena corona aspinosa (Dall, 1890) Melongena corona bicolor (Say, 1827) Melongena corona corona (Gmelin, 1791) Melongena corona johnstonei (Clench & Turner, 1956) Melongena corona sprucecreekensis (Tucker, 1994) [1]

Melongena corona, common name the Florida crown conch, is an edible species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Melongenidae, the crown conches and their allies.

The shell of Melongena corona with a hermit crab inside.

Melongena corona rolling over by using its operculum

Melongena corona laying eggs.

References

1. ^ Masterson, J. (2008). "Smithsonian Marine Station at Fort Pierce". http://www.sms.si.edu/irlspec/Melongena_corona.htm. Retrieved 12 January 2010. 

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