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WoRMS taxon details

Engina lineata (Reeve, 1846)

To ANSP Malacology Collection in GBIF (catalog no. 34538)

AphiaID

212172 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:212172)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Engina J. E. Gray, 1839

Original name

Ricinula lineata Reeve, 1846

Synonymised names

Ricinula lineata Reeve, 1846 · unaccepted (original combination)

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Variety Engina lineata var. maculata Pease, 1869 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)

Environment

marine

Original description

(of Ricinula lineata Reeve, 1846) Reeve, L. A. (1846). Monograph of the genus Ricinula. In: Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals, vol. 3, pl. 1-6 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London. [stated dates: pl. 1-3, August 1846, pl. 5, September 1846; pl. 4, 6, October 1846]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11118823#page/441/mode/1up
page(s): pl. 6, species no. 51 [details]

Type data

Type locality contained in Philippine Exclusive Economic Zone

type locality contained in Philippine Exclusive Economic Zone [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Engina lineata (Reeve, 1846). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=212172 on 2026-01-19

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

1997-02-22 16:55:09Z

created

Vanden Berghe, Edward

1998-01-13 12:02:14Z

changed

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2010-07-19 15:09:49Z

checked

Fraussen, Koen

2010-08-11 11:30:55Z

changed

Tran, Bastien

2011-10-02 09:38:56Z

checked

Bouchet, Philippe

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Nomenclature

original description (of Ricinula lineata Reeve, 1846) Reeve, L. A. (1846). Monograph of the genus Ricinula. In: Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals, vol. 3, pl. 1-6 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London. [stated dates: pl. 1-3, August 1846, pl. 5, September 1846; pl. 4, 6, October 1846]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11118823#page/441/mode/1up
page(s): pl. 6, species no. 51 [details]

Other

additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. China Science Press. 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors

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additional source 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. [details]