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A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

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Gastropoda: Neogastropoda: Buccinoidea: Buccinidae

Engina milleri Usticke, 1959


Range: 18.3°N to 23.8°S; 70°W to 42°W
Depth: 0 to 35 m (live 25 to 35 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 16  mm

Synonymy

Ricinula eximia Reeve, 1846
Bailya milleri Usticke, 1959
Bailya marijkae Jong & Coomans, 1988
Engina willemsae Jong & Coomans, 1988
Engina goncalvesi Coltro, 2005

Details


Bailya milleri Usticke, 1959, p. 67-68, pl. 2, fig. 21
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: Outer reefs, Christiansted Harbor, St. Croix
Range: 18.3°N to 12°N; 66°W to 61°W
Depth: 0 m
Maximum Reported Size: 10.4 mm
Distribution: Puerto Rico; Virgin Islands: St. Thomas, St. Croix; St. Martin/St. Maarten, Antigua; St. Vincent & the Grenadines: The Grenadines, Grenada
References: Usticke (1959) {M}; Usticke (1969) NSEW; Boyko & Cordeiro (2001a) T; Fallon (2008) DdM; Faber (2007e) c

Ricinula eximia Reeve, 1846, 
[Synonymy uncertain]
References: Faber (2007e) s

Engina goncalvesi Coltro, 2005b, p. 1-2, pl. B, figs. 1-11
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Off Cabo Frio, Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil, 25-35 m
Range: 23°S to 23.8°S; 45.2°W to 42°W
Depth: 25 to 35 m (live 25 to 35 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 14.2 mm
Distribution: Brazil: Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo
References: Coltro (2005b) DdLlNSEWM; Faber (2007e) s

Bailya marijkae Jong & Coomans, 1988, p. 82, pl. 38, fig. 449
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Curaçao
Range: 12°N ; 69°W to 68.8°W
Maximum Reported Size: 16 mm
Distribution: ABC Islands: Curacao
References: Jong & Coomans (1988) NSEWM; Faber (2007e) s

Engina willemsae Jong & Coomans, 1988, p. 83, pl. 38, fig. 452
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Aruba, harbour
Range: 12.5°N ; 70°W
Maximum Reported Size: 10 mm
Distribution: ABC Islands: Aruba
References: Jong & Coomans (1988) NSEWM; Faber (2007e) s


Partial List of References

Coltro, J. 2005. Three new Buccinidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from Brazil Strombus 12 1-6. [True date: pre Dec 21.]
Jong, K. M. de and H. E. Coomans. 1988. Marine gastropods from Curaçao, Aruba and Bonaire Studies on the Fauna of Curaçao and other Caribbean Islands 69 1-261, 47 pls.
Usticke, G. W. Nowell. 1959. A Check List of Marine Shells of St. Croix  vi + 90, 4 pls. Author: Christiansted, St. Croix. [Stated date: -- --- 1959; true date: post June.]

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