Engina bonasia

Engina bonasia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Buccinoidea
Family: Pisaniidae
Genus: Engina
Species: E. bonasia
Binomial name
Engina bonasia
Martens, 1880
Synonyms
  • Engina zatricium Melvill, 1893
  • Peristernia bonasia (Martens, 1880)
  • Plicatella bonasia Martens, 1880 (original combination)

Engina bonasia is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pisaniidae[1]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Indian Ocean off Chagos, Aldabra and the Mascarene Islands.

References

  1. ↑ Rosenberg, G.; Bouchet, P.; Fraussen, K. (2014). Engina bonasia. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=212168 on 2015-02-16
  • Kilburn R.N., Marais J.P. & Fraussen K. (2010) Buccinidae. pp. 16–52, in: Marais A.P. & Seccombe A.D. (eds), Identification guide to the seashells of South Africa. Volume 1. Groenkloof: Centre for Molluscan Studies. 376 pp.

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