The name Melongena is a slight homonymy case. This name is used according to the rules of several different nomenclatural codes.

Melongena Schumacher, 1817

Botany

Taxonomy

Solanaceae 4

Species

Melongena sp. 4 4

Specimens registered in collections

Collection Number of specimens (or sets)
Vascular plants (P) 4

Melongena Schumacher, 1817

Zoology

Taxonomy

Mollusca 38
Gastropoda 38
Neogastropoda 38
Melongenidae 38

Species

Melongena aegyptiaca CUVILLIER, 1935 1 1
Melongena armigera (CONRAD, 1833) 1 1
Melongena basilica (BELLARDI, 1873) 2
Melongena belknapi Petit de la Saussaye, 1852 1 1
Melongena besairiei TESSIER, 1952 1 1
Melongena cornuta (AGASSIZ, 1843) 1
Melongena ditropis (BAYAN, 1870) 1 1
Melongena eyssautieri SALVAN, 1955 1 1
Melongena gauthieri SALVAN, 1955 1 1
Melongena lainei (de BASTEROT, 1825) 5 4
Melongena laxecarinata MICHELOTTI, 1861 1
Melongena melongena (Linnaeus, 1758) 2 1
Melongena minax (SOLANDER in BRANDER, 1766) 2 2
Melongena muricoides (LAMARCK, 1803) 1 1
Melongena myristica (Lamarck, 1816) 6 1
Melongena namnetensis (VASSEUR, 1882) 1 1
Melongena patula (Broderip & Sowerby, 1829) 1
Melongena pontonxensis LOZOUET, 2021 2
Melongena praecursor COSSMANN, 1902 1 1
Melongena preminax MORET, 1938 1 1
Melongena proteiformis COSSMANN, 1903 1 1
Melongena sp. 2 2
Melongena subcarinata (LAMARCK, 1803) 1 1

38 Specimens registered in collections

Collection Number of specimens (or sets)
Molluscs (IM) 12
Paleontology (F) 26