MolluscaBase - Engina contracta (Reeve, 1846)

AfReMaS name details

Engina contracta (Reeve, 1846)

AphiaID

490945 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:490945)

Classification

Status

unaccepted

Accepted Name

Clivipollia contracta (Reeve, 1846) accepted as Enzinopsis contracta (Reeve, 1846)

Rank

Species

Parent

Engina J. E. Gray, 1839

Original name

Ricinula contracta Reeve, 1846

Environment

marine

Original description

(of ) 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. L. Reeve & Co., London. [stated dates: pl. 1-3, August 1846, pl. 5, September 1846; pl. 4, 6, October 1846]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11118823#page/441/mode/1up
page(s): pl. 5, species no. 32 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Engina contracta (Reeve, 1846). Accessed through: Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2021) African Register of Marine Species at: http://marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=490945 on 2025-04-04

Regional species database citation

Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2025). African Register of Marine Species. Engina contracta (Reeve, 1846). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=490945 on 2025-04-04

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2010-07-19 15:09:49Z

created

Tran, Bastien

2010-07-19 15:09:49Z

checked

Fraussen, Koen

2011-10-02 09:38:56Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

[taxonomic tree]

original description (of ) 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. L. Reeve & Co., London. [stated dates: pl. 1-3, August 1846, pl. 5, September 1846; pl. 4, 6, October 1846]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11118823#page/441/mode/1up
page(s): pl. 5, species no. 32 [details]

basis of record Fraussen, K. (2010). Buccinidae checklist. Pers. Com. [details]

additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications)