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 > superseded combination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 2025-11-15
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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]
new combination reference 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, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/62487037
page(s): p. 187. [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]
new combination reference 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, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/62487037
page(s): p. 187. [details]
Other
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To Conchology (Engina curtisiana cf.)
To Conchology (Engina curtisiana)
To Malacopics (Engina curtisiana (E. A. Smith, 1884) Australia, Western Australia, Broome)
To Conchology (Engina curtisiana cf.)
To Conchology (Engina curtisiana)
To Malacopics (Engina curtisiana (E. A. Smith, 1884) Australia, Western Australia, Broome)
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