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Data as of: 2006-05-17

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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Buccinidae 

Engina gannita Hedley, 1915

Type of listing: Entry in a Synonymy


Senior name:

Engina contracta (Reeve, 1846)

Types

Primary Type: holotype Hedley, C. 1915. p. 732, pl. 84, fig. 87
BMNH BMNH 1915.12.31.113 paratype
AMS (Australian Museum, Sydney, NSW, Australia) holotype 30 fathoms, off Darnley Island, Torres Straits

Keywords

Original Epithet:  gannita
Nomenclatural Action: New Taxon       Hedley, C. 1915.  
Original Text Name:  Engina gannita
Original Genus:  Engina
Status of Name: Synonym       Cernohorsky, W.O. 1974.  

References

 Cernohorsky, W.O. 1974. [ ]  Synonomy

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Visceroconcha
          Gastropoda
            Orthogastropoda
              Caenogastropoda
                Sorbeoconcha
                  Hypsogastropoda
                    Neogastropoda
                      Buccinoidea
                        Buccinidae
                          Pisaniinae
                            Engina Gray, 1839
                              Engina contracta (Reeve, 1846)
                                Engina gannita Hedley, 1915

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=11787) created by on unknown date. Record not subsequently updated.