OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database

Data as of: 2006-05-17

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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Buccinidae 

Engina contracta (Reeve, 1846)

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Ricinula contracta Reeve, 1846
   Ricinula acuminata Reeve, 1846
   Engina contracta (Reeve, 1846)
   Engina gannita Hedley, 1915

Distribution

Indo-West Pacific; Queensland south to the Whitsunday Group (Wilson, 1994)

  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificOceania
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificCentral and East Indian OceanEastern Indian Ocean
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificCentral and East Indian OceanIndo-Arabia
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricGulf of Carp.
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricGreat Barrier Reef
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricNE coast
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificIndo-MalaysiaIndonesia
     Cernohorsky, W.O. 1974. p. 126 
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificOceaniaWestern PacificSamoan Islands
     Cernohorsky, W.O. 1974. p. 128 
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricNE coast
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricGreat Barrier Reef
  ABRS RegionsAustraliaQueensland
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificIndo-China
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificIndo-Malaysia
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificOceaniaWestern Pacific

Keywords

depth: continental shelf       Cernohorsky, W.O. 1974. p. 126 
depth: subtidal       Cernohorsky, W.O. 1974. p. 126 

References

 Cernohorsky, W.O. 1974. p.126 Synonomy
 Cernohorsky, W.O. 1978. p.75 General reference
 Wilson, B. 1994. p.93 General reference
 Wilson, B. 1994. p.93 Synonomy

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Visceroconcha
          Gastropoda
            Orthogastropoda
              Caenogastropoda
                Sorbeoconcha
                  Hypsogastropoda
                    Neogastropoda
                      Buccinoidea
                        Buccinidae
                          Pisaniinae
                            Engina Gray, 1839
                              Engina contracta (Reeve, 1846)

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=11784) created by Playpus Export Program on 2000-11-09. Record last updated by Shannon Reid on 2003-04-14.