WoRMS taxon details
Engina spica Melvill & Standen, 1895
490970 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:490970)
accepted
Species
Cantharus spica (Melvill & Standen, 1895) · unaccepted (superseded combination)
Engina mactanensis Cernohorsky, 1985 · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Melvill, J. C. & Standen, R. (1895-1896). Notes on a collection of shells from Lifu and Uvea, Loyalty Islands, formed by the Rev. James and Mrs. Hadfield, with list of species. <em>Journal of Conchology.</em> 8: 84–132, pl. 3 [8(4): 84-128, pl. 3, 15 October 1895; 8(5): 129-133, 1 January 1896]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31980663
page(s): 105, pl. 2, fig. 12 [details]
page(s): 105, pl. 2, fig. 12 [details]
Type locality contained in Loyalty Islands
type locality contained in Loyalty Islands [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Engina spica Melvill & Standen, 1895. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=490970 on 2025-08-14
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Nomenclature
original description
Melvill, J. C. & Standen, R. (1895-1896). Notes on a collection of shells from Lifu and Uvea, Loyalty Islands, formed by the Rev. James and Mrs. Hadfield, with list of species. <em>Journal of Conchology.</em> 8: 84–132, pl. 3 [8(4): 84-128, pl. 3, 15 October 1895; 8(5): 129-133, 1 January 1896]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31980663
page(s): 105, pl. 2, fig. 12 [details]
original description (of Engina mactanensis Cernohorsky, 1985) Cernohorsky W.O. (1985). The taxonomy of some Indo-Pacific Mollusca part 12. With remarks on two American gastropod species. <em>Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum.</em> 22: 47-67. [details]
basis of record Fraussen, K.; Chino, M. (2011). Notes about <i>Engina</i> J.E. Gray, 1839 (Gastropoda: Buccinidae) with description of three new species from the West Pacific. <em>Visaya.</em> 3 (3): 63-75. [August 2011]. [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 105, pl. 2, fig. 12 [details]
original description (of Engina mactanensis Cernohorsky, 1985) Cernohorsky W.O. (1985). The taxonomy of some Indo-Pacific Mollusca part 12. With remarks on two American gastropod species. <em>Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum.</em> 22: 47-67. [details]
basis of record Fraussen, K.; Chino, M. (2011). Notes about <i>Engina</i> J.E. Gray, 1839 (Gastropoda: Buccinidae) with description of three new species from the West Pacific. <em>Visaya.</em> 3 (3): 63-75. [August 2011]. [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (4 barcodes) (from synonym Engina mactanensis Cernohorsky, 1985)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Cantharus spica (Melvill & Standen, 1895))
To Conchology (Engina spica)
To GB Mollusca Types (Engina spica Melvill & Standen, 1895; Holotype; NMW.1955.158.00373)
To Malacopics (Engina spica Melvill & Standen, 1895 Philippines, Central Visayas, Cebu, Mactan Island, by lumun-lumun net, at 80-100 m depth, collected 2004-00-00, ex coll. H.H.M. Vermeij .)
To Malacopics (Engina spica Melvill & Standen, 1895 South Africa, Kwazulu-Natal, Richards Bay, by fishing, ex piscibus, ex coll. J. Trausel .)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Engina mactanensis Cernohorsky, 1985)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Cantharus spica (Melvill & Standen, 1895))
To Conchology (Engina spica)
To GB Mollusca Types (Engina spica Melvill & Standen, 1895; Holotype; NMW.1955.158.00373)
To Malacopics (Engina spica Melvill & Standen, 1895 Philippines, Central Visayas, Cebu, Mactan Island, by lumun-lumun net, at 80-100 m depth, collected 2004-00-00, ex coll. H.H.M. Vermeij .)
To Malacopics (Engina spica Melvill & Standen, 1895 South Africa, Kwazulu-Natal, Richards Bay, by fishing, ex piscibus, ex coll. J. Trausel .)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Engina mactanensis Cernohorsky, 1985)
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