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

Engina turbinella (Kiener, 1836)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Purpura Röding, 1798

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Engina*	J. E. Gray, 1839	accepted genus name

Literature

basis of record	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.
additional source	Cardigos, F.; Tempera, F.; Ávila, S.; Gonçalves, J.; Colaço, A.; Santos, R. S. (2006). Non-indigenous marine species of the Azores. Helgoland Marine Research. 60(2), 160-169.
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	Rosenberg, G.; Moretzsohn, F.; García, E. F. (2009). Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Engina turbinella (Kiener, 1836). 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:234108