Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Orthogastropoda > Subclass Caenogastropoda > Order Neogastropoda > Superfamily Buccinoidea > Family Pisaniidae

Engina J. E. Gray, 1839

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Engina turbinella (Kiener, 1836)

Literature

original description	Gray, J. E. & Sowerby, G. B. I. (1839). Molluscous animals and their shells. Pp. 103-155, pls 33-34 [pp. 103-142 by J. E. Gray, 143-155 by G. B. Sowerby I]. In: The zoology of Capt. Beechey's voyage, compiled from the collections on notes made by Captain Beechey, the officers and naturalist of the expedition during a voyage to the Pacific and Behring's straits in his Majesty's ship Blossom, under the command of Captain F. W. Beechey in the years 1825, 26, 27 and 28. London pp. XII + 186 + 44 pl.
basis of record	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. [August 2011]
additional source	Orr, V. (1962). Type of the genus Engina (Buccinidae). The Nautilus. 75(3): 107-109, pl. 10, figs. A-B, text-figs. (radula).
additional source	Watters G.T. & Fraussen K. (2015). A revision of the western Atlantic Ocean genus Engina with notes on Hesperisternia (Gastropoda: Buccinidae: Pisaniinae). The Nautilus. 129(3): 95-117.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Engina J. E. Gray, 1839. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137705