Melongena melongena
| Melongena melongena | |
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| 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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