Engina bonasia
| Engina bonasia | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Buccinoidea |
| Family: | Buccinidae |
| Genus: | Engina |
| Species: | E. bonasia |
| Binomial name | |
| Engina bonasia Martens, 1880 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Engina bonasia 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 Chagos, Aldabra and the Mascarene Islands.
References
- ↑ Rosenberg, G.; Bouchet, P.; Fraussen, K. (2014). Engina bonasia. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=212168 on 2015-02-16
- Kilburn R.N., Marais J.P. & Fraussen K. (2010) Buccinidae. Pp. 16-52, in: Marais A.P. & Seccombe A.D. (eds), Identification guide to the seashells of South Africa. Volume 1. Groenkloof: Centre for Molluscan Studies. 376 pp.
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