Species Engina curtisiana (Smith, 1884)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Tritonidea curtisiana Smith, E.A. 1884. Mollusca. pp. 34–116, 487–508, 657–659, pls 4–7. In, Report on the Zoological Collections made in the Indo-Pacific Ocean during the voyage of the H.M.S. 'Alert ' 1881-2. London : British Museum Trustees, printed by Taylor & Francis. [Part I. Collections of Melanesia, pp. 34–116; Part II. Collections from the Western Indian Ocean, pp. 487–508; explanation of plates pp. 657–659] [47, pl. 5, fig. E].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 1881.11.10.136, Port Curtis, Queensland, Australia, 1-11 fathoms.
• Engina sinensis Melvill, J.C. 1895. Descriptions of four new species of Engina and a new species of Defrancia. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London 1: 226-228, pl. 14 [227, pl. 14, fig. 14].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) BMNH, China Seas.

 

Generic Combinations

• Engina curtisiana (Smith, 1884). —
  Wilson, B. 1994. Australian marine shells. Prosobranch gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp. [93, pl. 10, figs 12a-b]

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Indo-west Pacific

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Marine, shallow subtidal, subtidal.

 

General References

Beechey, D. 2004. Buccinidae coverage. The seashells of New South Wales website. http://seashellsofnsw.org.au/Buccininae/Pages/Buccinidae_coverage.htm (date accessed 13/8/2012)

Cernohorsky, W.O. 1975. Supplementary notes on the taxonomy of buccinid species of the subfamily Pisaniinae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum 12: 175-211, figs 1-75 [187]

Cernohorsky, W.O. 1978. Tropical Pacific marine shells. Sydney : Pacific Publications 352 pp., 68 pls. [75]

Fraussen, K. 2008. Buccinidae. pp. 36-58 in Poppe, G.T. Philippine Marine Mollusks. Volume 2. Gastropoda Part 2. Hackenheim, Germany : ConchBooks Vol. 2 pp. 1-848, pls 1-707. [52, pl. 321, fig. 6]

Wilson, B. 1994. Australian marine shells. Prosobranch gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp. [93, pl. 10, figs 12a-b]

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
28-Sep-2022	BUCCINOIDEA	06-Sep-2022	MODIFIED
01-Jun-2021	BUCCINOIDEA	14-Aug-2012	MODIFIED	Mr Des Beechey (AM) Ingo Burghardt Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM)
		19-Mar-2012	MODIFIED