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WoRMS taxon details

Engina armillata (Reeve, 1846)

AphiaID

490940 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:490940)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Engina J. E. Gray, 1839

Original name

Ricinula armillata Reeve, 1846

Synonymised names

Ricinula armillata Reeve, 1846 · unaccepted > superseded combination

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

(of Ricinula armillata Reeve, 1846) 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. 6, species no. 47 [details]

Type data

Type locality contained in Philippine Exclusive Economic Zone

type locality contained in Philippine Exclusive Economic Zone [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Engina armillata (Reeve, 1846). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=490940 on 2025-11-15

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2010-07-19 15:09:49Z

created

Tran, Bastien

2010-07-19 15:09:49Z

checked

Fraussen, Koen

2018-03-24 09:35:53Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

Licensing

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Nomenclature

original description (of Ricinula armillata Reeve, 1846) 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. 6, species no. 47 [details]

new combination reference Cernohorsky, W. O. (1975). Supplementary notes on the taxonomy of buccinid species of the subfamily Pisaniinae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum. 12: 175-211., available online at https://www.jstor.org/stable/42906227, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/62487037
page(s): p. 186. [details]

Other

context source (HKRMS) Leung KF. & Morton B. (2000). The 1998 resurvey of the subtidal molluscan community of the southeastern waters of Hong Kong, six years after dredging began and three since it ended.In: Proceedings of the Tenth International Marine Biological Workshop: Morton B, editor. The Marine Flora and Fauna of Hong Kong and Southern China. The marine flora and fauna of Hong Kong and southern China V. Hong Kong University Press, Hong Kong. pp 553-617. [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