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| Engina phasinola | |
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| Shell of Engina phasinola (syntype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Pisaniidae |
| Genus: | Engina |
| Species: | E. phasinola |
| Binomial name | |
| Engina phasinola (P. L. Duclos, 1840) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Colombella phasinola Duclos, 1840 (original combination) | |
Engina phasinola is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pisaniidae.[1]
Description
[edit]The shell is moderately small, 12–16 mm in length, and solid. Live-taken specimens are black in colour and are ornamented with irregular, scattered white spots. The surface is sculptured with nodulose spiral cords. The aperture is very narrow and purplish brown, and both the labial and columellar lips are prominently denticulate.[2]
Distribution
[edit]This marine species occurs in the Indo-West Pacific; also off Australia (Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia) and Japan.
References
[edit]- ↑ Engina phasinola (Duclos, 1840). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
- ↑ Powell, A.W.B. (1971). "Powell". Powell. 6: 159. Retrieved 6 June 2026.
This article incorporates text from this source, which is under a CC BY 4.0 license.
- Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. China Science Press. 1267 pp.
External links
[edit]- Apte, D. (2019). "New record of Engina phasinola (Duclos, 1840) (Mollusca, Gastropoda) from India". Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. 116.
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