Engina australis

Engina australis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Buccinoidea
Family: Buccinidae
Genus: Engina
Species: E. australis
Binomial name
Engina australis
(Pease, 1871)
Synonyms[1]
  • Cantharus australis Pease, 1871
  • Tritonidea australis Reeve

Engina australis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Buccinidae, the true whelks.[1]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Indian Ocean off the Aldabra Atoll.

References

  1. 1 2 Engina australis Reeve.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 14 July 2012.

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