WoRMS taxon details
Engina curtisiana (E. A. Smith, 1884)
490948 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:490948)
accepted
Species
Engina sinensis Melvill, 1895 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Tritonidea curtisiana E. A. Smith, 1884 · unaccepted (original combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Tritonidea curtisiana E. A. Smith, 1884) Smith, E. A. (1884). Mollusca. pp. 34-116; 487-508 in: <i>Report on the zoological collections made in the Indo-Pacific Ocean during the voyage of H. M. S. Alert 1881-2</i>. Part I. The collections from Melanesia; Part II. Collections from the western Indian Ocean. London: The Trustees [of the British Museum (Natural History)]. xxv, 684 pp., 54 plates. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/63054
page(s): 47, pl. 5, fig. E. [details]
page(s): 47, pl. 5, fig. E. [details]
Type locality contained in Queensland
type locality contained in Queensland [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Engina curtisiana (E. A. Smith, 1884). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=490948 on 2025-04-29
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Tritonidea curtisiana E. A. Smith, 1884) Smith, E. A. (1884). Mollusca. pp. 34-116; 487-508 in: <i>Report on the zoological collections made in the Indo-Pacific Ocean during the voyage of H. M. S. Alert 1881-2</i>. Part I. The collections from Melanesia; Part II. Collections from the western Indian Ocean. London: The Trustees [of the British Museum (Natural History)]. xxv, 684 pp., 54 plates. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/63054
page(s): 47, pl. 5, fig. E. [details]
original description (of Engina sinensis Melvill, 1895) Melvill, J. C. (1895). Descriptions of four new species of <i>Engina</i> and a new species of <i>Defrancia</i>. <em>Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London.</em> 1: 226-228, pl. 14., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15167533
page(s): 227, pl. 14, fig. 14 [details]
basis of record Fraussen, K. (2010). Buccinidae checklist. Pers. Com. [details]
page(s): 47, pl. 5, fig. E. [details]
original description (of Engina sinensis Melvill, 1895) Melvill, J. C. (1895). Descriptions of four new species of <i>Engina</i> and a new species of <i>Defrancia</i>. <em>Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London.</em> 1: 226-228, pl. 14., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15167533
page(s): 227, pl. 14, fig. 14 [details]
basis of record Fraussen, K. (2010). Buccinidae checklist. Pers. Com. [details]
Other
additional source
Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors 
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additional source Cernohorsky W.O. (1975). Supplementary notes on the taxonomy of buccinid species of the subfamily Pisaniinae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). <em>Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum.</em> 12: 175-211., available online at https://www.jstor.org/stable/42906227
page(s): 187 [details]
[request]additional source Cernohorsky W.O. (1975). Supplementary notes on the taxonomy of buccinid species of the subfamily Pisaniinae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). <em>Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum.</em> 12: 175-211., available online at https://www.jstor.org/stable/42906227
page(s): 187 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
