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Taxonomy
Family:
PISANIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Buccinoidea (Superfamily)
> Pisaniidae (Family)
> Engina (Genus)
> spica (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Cantharus spica (Melvill & Standen, 1895)
=Engina mactanensis Cernohorsky, 1985
Images: Engina spica Melvill & Standen, 1895
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Taxonomy
Family:
PISANIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Buccinoidea (Superfamily)
> Pisaniidae (Family)
> Engina (Genus)
> spica (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Cantharus spica (Melvill & Standen, 1895)
=Engina mactanensis Cernohorsky, 1985
Details: Engina spica Melvill & Standen, 1895
Size/Grows to:
Height 13mm
Distribution:
Indo-West Pacific, Kermadec Islands, from 20m
Notes:
Marine, Native - Non-endemic
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References and Publications
  • Brook, F.J., Marshall, B.A. 1998 The coastal molluscan fauna of the northern Kermadec Islands, southwest Pacific Ocean, Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 28 (p.225)

NZ Geographical Regions
Key to symbols used in Checklist.
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil
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