Engina lineata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pisaniidae.[1]
| Engina lineata | |
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| Shell of Engina lineata | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Pisaniidae |
| Genus: | Engina |
| Species: | E. lineata |
| Binomial name | |
| Engina lineata (Reeve, 1846) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Ricinula lineata Reeve, 1846 (original combination) | |
Description
editShell size 12 mm.
(Original description) The shell is ovate, stout, and solid, and is longitudinally nodosely plicate. It is white in ground color and is encircled by lead-black lines. [2]
The species is superficially similar to Engina zonalis (Lamarck, 1822), but is slightly smaller, c.8.0 cm-10.0 cm in length. The blackish spiral zones are narrow, continuous lines, and at the sutures are wide-spaced, round or crescent-shaped black spots. The aperture is white and not purplish-brown as in E.zonalis.[3]
Distribution
editThis marine species occurs in the Indo-West Pacific; also off Australia (New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia) and the Philippines.
References
edit- ↑ Engina lineata (Reeve, 1846). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
- ↑ Reeve, L.A. (1846). Monograph of the genus Ricinula. In: Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals, vol. 3, pl. 1-6 and unpaginated text. London: Reeve & co. p. sp. 51. Retrieved 13 June 2026.
- ↑ Powell, A.W.B. (1971). "Powell". Powell. 6: 159. Retrieved 6 June 2026.
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- Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. China Science Press. 1267 pp.
- 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.