Engina mendicaria

Engina mendicaria
Engina mendicaria
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Buccinoidea
Family: Buccinidae
Subfamily: Pisaniinae
Genus: Engina
Species: E. mendicaria
Binomial name
Engina mendicaria
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms[1]
  • Columbella mendicaria (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Voluta mendicaria Linnaeus, 1758

Engina mendicaria, common name : the striped engina, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Buccinidae, the true whelks.[1]

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Description

The shell size varies between 10 mm and 20 mm

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Red Sea and in the Indian Ocean along Aldabra, Chagos, Kenya, Madagascar, Mauritius, Mozambique, Tanzania , in the tropical Indo-Pacific and Australia.

References

  1. ^ a b Engina mendicaria (Linnaeus, 1758).  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=212164 on 5 November 2010.
  • Dautzenberg, Ph. (1929). Mollusques testaces marins de Madagascar. Faune des Colonies Francaises, Tome III
  • Kalk, M. (1958). The fauna of the intertidal rocks at Inhaca Island, Delagoa Bay. Ann. Natal Mus. 14: 189-242
  • Richmond, M. (Ed.) (1997). A guide to the seashores of Eastern Africa and the Western Indian Ocean islands. Sida/Department for Research Cooperation, SAREC: Stockholm, Sweden. ISBN 91-630-4594-X. 448 pp.

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