Engina phasinola

Engina phasinola
Shell of Engina phasinola (syntype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Pisaniidae
Genus: Engina
Species:
E. phasinola
Binomial name
Engina phasinola
(P. L. Duclos, 1840)
Synonyms

Colombella phasinola Duclos, 1840 (original combination)

Engina phasinola is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pisaniidae.

Description

The shell is moderately small, 12–16 mm in length, and solid. Live-taken specimens are black in colour and are ornamented with irregular, scattered white spots. The surface is sculptured with nodulose spiral cords. The aperture is very narrow and purplish brown, and both the labial and columellar lips are prominently denticulate.

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Indo-West Pacific; also off Australia (Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia) and Japan.

References

  1. ↑ Engina phasinola (Duclos, 1840). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
  2. ↑ Powell, A.W.B. (1971). "Powell". Powell. 6: 159. Retrieved 6 June 2026. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is under a CC BY 4.0 license.