''Engina itzamnai'' is a
species of
sea snail
Sea snail is a common name for slow-moving marine gastropod molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguished from snails primarily by the ...
, a marine
gastropod
The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...
mollusc
Mollusca is the second-largest phylum of invertebrate animals after the Arthropoda, the members of which are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 85,000 extant species of molluscs are recognized. The number of fossil species is esti ...
in the
family Pisaniidae
The Pisaniidae are a taxonomic family of medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Buccinoidea.Rosenberg, G. (2018). Pisaniidae Gray, 1857. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespeci ...
.
[Bouchet, P. (2015). Engina itzamnai (Watters, 2009). In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=853632 on 2018-01-11]
Description
Distribution
This marine species occurs of
Quintana Roo, Yucatán, Mexico.
References
* Petuch E. (2013) Biogeography and biodiversity of western Atlantic mollusks. CRC Press. 252 pp
* Watters G.T. & Fraussen K. (2015). A revision of the western Atlantic Ocean genus Engina with notes on Hesperisternia (Gastropoda: Buccinidae: Pisaniinae). The Nautilus. 129(3): 95-117
External links
Watters, G. T. (2009). A revision of the western Atlantic Ocean genera Anna, Antillophos, Bailya, Caducifer, Monostiolum, and Parviphos, with description of a new genus, Dianthiphos, and notes on Engina and Hesperisternia Gastropoda: Buccinidae: Pisaniinae) and Cumia (Colubrariidae). The Nautilus. 123(4): 225-275
{{DEFAULTSORT:Engina Itzamnai
Pisaniidae
Gastropods described in 2009