WoRMS taxon details
Engina pyrostoma (G. B. Sowerby I, 1832)
490966 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:490966)
accepted
Species
Columbella pyrostoma G. B. Sowerby I, 1832 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Ricinula crocostoma Reeve, 1846 · unaccepted
marine
(of Columbella pyrostoma G. B. Sowerby I, 1832) Broderip, W. J. & Sowerby, G. B. I. (1832-1833). [Descriptions of new species of shells from the collection formed by Mr. Cuming on the western coast of South America, and among the islands of the southern Pacific Ocean.]. <em>Proceedings of the Committee of Science and correspondence of the Zoological Society of London.</em> Part II for 1832: 25–33 [21 April 1832], 50-61 [5 June 1832], 104–108 [31 July 1832], 113–120 [14 August 1832]; 173–179 [14 Jan. 1833], 194–202 [13 March 1833]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26730700
page(s): 116 [details]
page(s): 116 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Engina pyrostoma (G. B. Sowerby I, 1832). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=490966 on 2026-02-12
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Ricinula crocostoma Reeve, 1846) Reeve, L. A. (1846). Monograph of the genus <i>Ricinula</i>. In: <i>Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals</i>, 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. 5, species no. 40 [details]
original description (of Columbella pyrostoma G. B. Sowerby I, 1832) Broderip, W. J. & Sowerby, G. B. I. (1832-1833). [Descriptions of new species of shells from the collection formed by Mr. Cuming on the western coast of South America, and among the islands of the southern Pacific Ocean.]. <em>Proceedings of the Committee of Science and correspondence of the Zoological Society of London.</em> Part II for 1832: 25–33 [21 April 1832], 50-61 [5 June 1832], 104–108 [31 July 1832], 113–120 [14 August 1832]; 173–179 [14 Jan. 1833], 194–202 [13 March 1833]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26730700
page(s): 116 [details]
new combination reference Cernohorsky, W. O. (1975). Supplementary notes on the taxonomy of buccinid species of the subfamily Pisaniinae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). <em>Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum.</em> 12: 175-211., available online at https://www.jstor.org/stable/42906227, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/62487037
page(s): p. 183. [details]
page(s): pl. 5, species no. 40 [details]
original description (of Columbella pyrostoma G. B. Sowerby I, 1832) Broderip, W. J. & Sowerby, G. B. I. (1832-1833). [Descriptions of new species of shells from the collection formed by Mr. Cuming on the western coast of South America, and among the islands of the southern Pacific Ocean.]. <em>Proceedings of the Committee of Science and correspondence of the Zoological Society of London.</em> Part II for 1832: 25–33 [21 April 1832], 50-61 [5 June 1832], 104–108 [31 July 1832], 113–120 [14 August 1832]; 173–179 [14 Jan. 1833], 194–202 [13 March 1833]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26730700
page(s): 116 [details]
new combination reference Cernohorsky, W. O. (1975). Supplementary notes on the taxonomy of buccinid species of the subfamily Pisaniinae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). <em>Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum.</em> 12: 175-211., available online at https://www.jstor.org/stable/42906227, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/62487037
page(s): p. 183. [details]
Other
additional source
Keen, A. M. (1971). Sea Shells of Tropical West America. Marine mollusks from Baja California to Peru. ed. 2. Stanford University Press. xv, 1064 pp., 22 pls.
page(s): p. 565. [details]
page(s): p. 565. [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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