Melongena patula, common name Pacific crown conch, is a species of large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Melongenidae.
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| Shell of Melongena patula from Nicaragua at the Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Melongenidae |
| Genus: | Melongena |
| Species: | M. patula
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| Binomial name | |
| Melongena patula (Philippi, 1844)
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Description
editMelongena patula has a shell that reaches a length of 75 – 250 mm. The surface of this shell shows a deep chestnut brown color lined with a few white or yellow spiral bands. The interior is white. The shell is quite slender, sometimes spiny on the shoulders, with a wide aperture.
Distribution
editThis species can be found from the Gulf of California (Mexico) to Peru.[1]
Habitat
editThese sea snails live in shallow water, usually in sandy or muddy areas, especially under mangrove trees.
References
edit- ^ A. Myra Keen (1971). Sea Shells of Tropical West America (2nd ed.). Stanford, California: Stanford University Press. ISBN 978-0-8047-0736-7.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Melongena patula.
- C. Bayer Catalogue of the genera Melanogena and Semifusus
- WoRMS
- "Melongena patula". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
- Discover Life
- Image of a live snail of this species
