Species Engina spica Melvill & Standen, 1895

Museums

Regional Maps

• Engina spica Melvill, J.C. & Standen, R. 1895. Notes on a collection of shells from Lifu and Uvea, Loyalty Islands, from by the Rev. James and Mrs. Hadfield, with list of species. Journal of Conchology 8: 89–132 [105, pl. 2, fig. 12].

  Type data:

   Holotype NMWZ NMW.1955.158.00373, Lifu, Loyalty Islands.

  Type locality 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): 63-81 [66].
• Engina mactanensis Cernohorsky, W.O. 1985. The taxonomy of some Indo-Pacific Mollusca. Part 12. Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum 22: 47-67 [53-55, fig. 11-16].

  Type data:

   Holotype AIM TM-1371, Punta Engano, Mactan Island, Philippines, depth 300 m.

 

Generic Combinations

• Cantharus (Enginella) spica (Melvill & Standen, 1895).
• Enginella spica (Melvill & Standen, 1895).

 

Distribution

States

Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Indo-west Pacific; "Australia in the west" is given by Fraussen & Chino, 2011, but an exact locality is not stated. AMS collection records: As E. mactanensis C.311784 Lizard island, QLD (region 41) As E. spica C.302433 GBR (region 41)

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Marine.

 

General References

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 [200]

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. 2]

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): 63-81 [66-67, pl. 1, figs 5-8]

Loch, I. 1994. Engina mactanensis. Australasian Shell News 87: 7 [7] (As Engina mactanensis)

Wilson, B. 1994. Australian marine shells. Prosobranch gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp. [90]

 

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	13-Aug-2012	MOVED	Mr Des Beechey (AM) Ingo Burghardt Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM)
		19-Mar-2012	MODIFIED