Engina Explained

Engina is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Pisaniidae.

Species

Species within the genus Engina include:

• Engina albocincta Pease, 1860
• Engina alveolata (Kiener, 1836)
• Engina androyensis Fraussen, Monnier & Rosado, 2015
• Engina armillata (Reeve, 1846)
• Engina astricta (Reeve, 1846)
• Engina australis (Pease, 1871)
• Engina bonasia Martens, 1880
• Engina chinoi Fraussen, 2009
• Engina cinis (Reeve, 1846)
• Engina concinna (Reeve, 1846)
• Engina corinnae Crovo, 1971
• Engina cronuchorda Fraussen & Chino, 2011
• Engina cumingiana Melvill, 1895
• Engina curtisiana (E.A. Smith, 1884)
• Engina demani De Jong & Coomans, 1988
• Engina egregia (Reeve, 1844)
• Engina epidromidea Melvill, 1894
• Engina farinosa (Gould, 1850)
• Engina fasciata (Bozzetti, 2009)
• Engina frausseni Chino, 2015
• Engina fuscolineata E. A. Smith, 1913
• Engina fusiformis Pease, 1865
• Engina goncalvesi Coltro, 2005
• Engina ignicula Fraussen, 2004
• Engina itzamnai (Watters, 2009)
• Engina lanceolata (Kuroda & Habe, 1971)
• Engina lauta (Reeve, 1846)
• Engina layardi Melvill, 1895
• Engina lignea Watters & Fraussen, 2015
• Engina lineata (Reeve, 1846)
• Engina livida (G.B. Sowerby I, 1832)
• Engina macleani Olsson, 1971
• Engina magnifica Fraussen, Monnier & Rosado, 2015
• Engina mandarinoides Fraussen & Chino, 2011
• Engina mantensis Bartsch, 1928
• Engina maura (G.B. Sowerby I, 1832)
• Engina mendicaria (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Engina menkeana (Dunker, 1860)
• Engina mirabilis Fraussen & Stahlschmidt, 2015
• Engina mundula Melvill & Standen, 1885
• Engina muznoides Fraussen & Van Laethem, 2013
• Engina natalensis Melvill, 1895
• Engina notabilis Fraussen & Chino, 2011
• Engina obliquecostata (Reeve, 1846)
• Engina ovata Pease, 1865
• Engina permixta Watters & Fraussen, 2015
• Engina phasinola (Duclos, 1840)
• Engina polychloros (Tapparone-Canefri, 1880)
• Engina pulchra (Reeve, 1846):
• Engina pyrostoma (G.B. Sowerby I, 1832)
• Engina resta (Iredale, 1940)
• Engina ryalli Rolan & Fernandes, 1995
• Engina siderea (Reeve, 1846)
• Engina solida Dall, 1917
• Engina spica Melvill & Standen, 1895
• Engina strongi Pilsbry & Lowe, 1932
• Engina tabogaensis Bartsch, 1931
• Engina trifasciata L. A. Reeve, 1846 ^[1]
• Engina tuberculosa Pease, 1862
• Engina turbinella (Kiener, 1836)
• Engina williamsae Watters & Fraussen, 2015
• Engina zea Melvill, 1893
• Engina zepa (Duclos, 1883)
• Engina zonalis (Lamarck, 1822)

The Indo- Pacific Molluscan Database also includes the following names in current use ^[2]

• Engina idosia (Duckos in Chenu, 1848 in 1843–53)

Taxon inquirendum:

• Engina anakisia (Duclos, 1850)

Nomen dubium:

• Engina leucozonia A. H. Verrill, 1950

Species brought into synonymy:

• Engina angulata G. B. Sowerby III, 1888: synonym of Peristernia angulata (G. B. Sowerby III, 1888)
• Engina bicolor (Cantraine, 1835): synonym of Enginella leucozona (Philippi, 1844)
• Engina contracta (Reeve, 1846): synonym of Clivipollia contracta (Reeve, 1846)
• Engina costata Pease, 1860: synonym of Clivipollia costata (Pease, 1860) (original combination)
• Engina demanorum De Jong & Coomans, 1988: synonym of Engina demani De Jong & Coomans, 1988 (unjustified emendation)
• Engina dicksoni Petuch, 2013: synonym of Engina itzamnai (Watters, 2009)
• Engina fragaria (W. Wood, 1828): synonym of Clivipollia fragaria (W. Wood, 1828)
• Engina gannita Hedley, 1914: synonym of Clivipollia contracta (Reeve, 1846)
• Engina gibbosa Garrett, 1872: synonym of Clivipollia recurva (Reeve, 1846)
• Engina histrio (Reeve, 1846): synonym of Engina alveolata (Kiener, 1836)
• Engina incarnata (Deshayes, 1834): synonym of Pollia incarnata (Deshayes, 1830)
• Engina janowskyi Coltro, 2005: synonym of Engina demani De Jong & Coomans, 1988
• Engina jugosa (C. B. Adams, 1852): synonym of Hesperisternia jugosa (C. B. Adams, 1852)
• Engina leucozona (Philippi, 1843): synonym of Enginella leucozona (Philippi, 1843)
• Engina mactanensis Cernohorsky, 1985: synonym of Engina spica Melvill & Standen, 1895
• Engina monilifera Pease, 1860: synonym of Morula echinata (Reeve, 1846)
• Engina nodicostata Pease, 1868: synonym of Morula nodicostata (Pease, 1868)
• Engina nodulosa Pease, 1869: synonym of Orania nodulosa (Pease, 1869)
• Engina papuensis (Tapparone Canefri, 1879): synonym of Clivipollia pulchra (Reeve, 1846)
• Engina parva Pease, 1868: synonym of Morula cernohorskyi Houart & Tröndle, 1997
• Engina paulucciae (Tapparone Canefri, 1879): synonym of Clivipollia incarnata (Deshayes, 1834)
• Engina perlata (Küster, 1858): synonym of Engina natalensis Melvill, 1895
• Engina purpureocincta Preston, 1909: synonym of Oppomorus purpureocinctus (Preston, 1909)
• Engina rawsoni (Melvill, 1897): synonym of Pollia rawsoni (Melvill, 1897)
• Engina reevei Tryon, 1923: synonym of Engina alveolata (Kiener, 1836)
• Engina schrammi Crosse, 1863: synonym of Muricopsis schrammi (Crosse, 1863)
• Engina slootsi De Jong & Coomans, 1988: synonym of Morula biconica (Blainville, 1832)
• Engina striata Pease, 1868: synonym of Morula striata (Pease, 1868)
• Engina variabilis Pease, 1868: synonym of Morula variabilis (Pease, 1868)
• Engina willemsae De Jong & Coomans, 1988: synonym of Ameranna willemsae (De Jong & Coomans, 1988)
• Engina xantholeuca G. B. Sowerby III, 1882: synonym of Morula dichrous (Tapparone Canefri, 1880)
• Engina zatricium Melvill, 1893: synonym of Engina bonasia (Martens, 1880)
• Engina zonata Reeve: synonym of Engina turbinella (Kiener, 1836)

References

• Fraussen K. & Chino M. (2011) Notes about Engina J.E. Gray, 1839 (Gastropoda: Buccinidae) with description of three new species from the West Pacific. Visaya 3(3): 63-75

Notes and References

1. http://data.gbif.org/species/16157488 GBIF : Engina trifasciata
2. http://clade.ansp.org/obis/search.php/11764 OBIS : Engina