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Taxon: Family Melongenidae Gill, 1871 (1854) - whelks (mollusc)

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Attributes

Unnecessary replacement name (: nom. nov. superfl.) [ICZN, 1999: Art. 40.1 (fam.: type syn.)]				Ref: P. Bouchet & J.-P. Rocroi, 2005. Malacologia 47 (1-2): 107.
Unnecessary replacement name in prevailing usage (year2 (year1): nom. nov. praeval.) [ICZN, 1999: Art. 40.2 (<1961)]				Ref: P. Bouchet & J.-P. Rocroi, 2005. Malacologia 47 (1-2): 107 (Art. 40.2).

Types

Nominotypical taxon [ICZN]	:	*Melongeninae* (Subfamily) Gill, 1871 (1854)
Type	:	*Melongena* (Genus) Schumacher, 1817		Ref: P. Bouchet & J.-P. Rocroi, 2005: 107.

Variants

Different rank

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Melongeninae (Subfamily) Gill, 1871 (1854)

Synonyms

Replaced synonym	:	*Cassidulidae* (Family) Gray, 1854, nom. illeg.		Ref: P. Bouchet & J.-P. Rocroi, 2005: 107. [implicit]
Synonymous name	:	*Fulguridae* (Family) Stoliczka, 1867		Ref: S.P. Parker (ed.), 1982: 1093.
Synonymous name	:	*Galeodidae* (Family) Thiele, 1925, nom. illeg.		Ref: S.P. Parker (ed.), 1982: 1093.
Including	:	*Busyconidae* (Family) Wade, 1917 (1867)		Ref: S.P. Parker (ed.), 1982: 1093.
Including	:	*Volemidae* (Family) Winckworth, 1945		Ref: S.P. Parker (ed.), 1982: 1093.

Vernacular Names (English)

Full name	:	whelks
	:	false trumpets

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