WoRMS taxon details
Engina mendicaria (Linnaeus, 1758)
212164 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:212164)
accepted
Species
Columbella mendicaria (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted
Pusiostoma mendicaria (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted
Voluta mendicaria Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted (original combination)
marine
(of Voluta mendicaria Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
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Description Habitat: rocky shores.
Tropical Indo-Pacific, also in Australia in Kalk (1958).
Tropical Indo-Pacific, also in Australia in Kalk (1958).
Description Habitat: rocky shores.
Tropical Indo-Pacific, also in Australia in Kalk (1958). [details]
Tropical Indo-Pacific, also in Australia in Kalk (1958). [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Engina mendicaria (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=212164 on 2025-04-02
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Voluta mendicaria Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 731 [details] Available for editors [request]
basis of record Richmond, M. (Ed.) (1997). A guide to the seashores of Eastern Africa and the Western Indian Ocean islands. Sida/Department for Research Cooperation, SAREC: Stockholm, Sweden. ISBN 91-630-4594-X. 448 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
page(s): 731 [details] Available for editors
[request]basis of record Richmond, M. (Ed.) (1997). A guide to the seashores of Eastern Africa and the Western Indian Ocean islands. Sida/Department for Research Cooperation, SAREC: Stockholm, Sweden. ISBN 91-630-4594-X. 448 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
Identification resource
identification resource
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]
Other
context source (Introduced species)
Katsanevakis, S.; Bogucarskis, K.; Gatto, F.; Vandekerkhove, J.; Deriu, I.; Cardoso A.S. (2012). Building the European Alien Species Information Network (EASIN): a novel approach for the exploration of distributed alien species data. <em>BioInvasions Records.</em> 1: 235-245., available online at http://easin.jrc.ec.europa.eu [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Dautzenberg P. (1929). Contribution à l'étude de la faune de Madagascar: Mollusca marina testacea. Faune des colonies françaises. [Contribution to the study of the fauna of Madagascar: Mollusca marina testacea. Fauna of the French colonies.]. <em>Société d'Editions Géographiques, Maritimes et Coloniales.</em> 3(4): 321-636, pls 4-7. Paris. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Zenetos, A., M.E. Cinar, M.A. Pancucci-Papadopoulou, J.G. Harmelin, G. Furnari, F. Andaloro, N. Bellou, N. Streftaris & H. Zibrowius. (2005). Annotated list of marine alien species in the Mediterranean with records of the worst invasive species. <em>Mediterranean Marine Science.</em> 6 (2): 63-118., available online at https://www.researchgate.net/publication/273213810_Annotated_list_of_marine_alien_species_in_the_Mediterranean_with_records_of_the_worst_invasive_species [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Zenetos, A., S. Gofas, M. Verlaque, M. Cinar, J. Garcia Raso, C. Bianchi, C. Morri, E. Azzurro, M. Bilecenoglu, C. Froglia, I. Siokou, D. Violanti, A. Sfriso, G. San Martin, A. Giangrande, T. Katagan, E. Ballesteros, A. Ramos-Espla, F. Mastrototaro, O. Ocana, A. Zingone, M,. Gambi & N. Streftaris. (2010). Alien species in the Mediterranean Sea by 2010. A contribution to the application of European Union's Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD). Part I. Spatial distribution. <em>Mediterranean Marine Science.</em> 11(2): 381-493., available online at https://doi.org/10.12681/mms.87 [details]
additional source Galil, B. (2007). Seeing Red: Alien species along the Mediterranean coast of Israel. <em>Aquatic Invasions.</em> 2(4): 281-312., available online at https://doi.org/10.3391/ai.2007.2.4.2 [details]
[request]additional source Dautzenberg P. (1929). Contribution à l'étude de la faune de Madagascar: Mollusca marina testacea. Faune des colonies françaises. [Contribution to the study of the fauna of Madagascar: Mollusca marina testacea. Fauna of the French colonies.]. <em>Société d'Editions Géographiques, Maritimes et Coloniales.</em> 3(4): 321-636, pls 4-7. Paris. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Zenetos, A., M.E. Cinar, M.A. Pancucci-Papadopoulou, J.G. Harmelin, G. Furnari, F. Andaloro, N. Bellou, N. Streftaris & H. Zibrowius. (2005). Annotated list of marine alien species in the Mediterranean with records of the worst invasive species. <em>Mediterranean Marine Science.</em> 6 (2): 63-118., available online at https://www.researchgate.net/publication/273213810_Annotated_list_of_marine_alien_species_in_the_Mediterranean_with_records_of_the_worst_invasive_species [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Zenetos, A., S. Gofas, M. Verlaque, M. Cinar, J. Garcia Raso, C. Bianchi, C. Morri, E. Azzurro, M. Bilecenoglu, C. Froglia, I. Siokou, D. Violanti, A. Sfriso, G. San Martin, A. Giangrande, T. Katagan, E. Ballesteros, A. Ramos-Espla, F. Mastrototaro, O. Ocana, A. Zingone, M,. Gambi & N. Streftaris. (2010). Alien species in the Mediterranean Sea by 2010. A contribution to the application of European Union's Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD). Part I. Spatial distribution. <em>Mediterranean Marine Science.</em> 11(2): 381-493., available online at https://doi.org/10.12681/mms.87 [details]
additional source Galil, B. (2007). Seeing Red: Alien species along the Mediterranean coast of Israel. <em>Aquatic Invasions.</em> 2(4): 281-312., available online at https://doi.org/10.3391/ai.2007.2.4.2 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From regional or thematic species database
Introduced species vector dispersal in Israeli part of the Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin (Marine Region) : Canals: natural range expansion through man-made canals [details]Unreviewed
Description Habitat: rocky shores.Tropical Indo-Pacific, also in Australia in Kalk (1958). [details]
Publication date Year of description from Dautzenberg, 1929. Lamarck as author in Kalk (1958). [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | striped enginabumblebee snailbumble bee snail | [details] |
| German | Hummelschnecke | [details] |
| Japanese | ノシガイ | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (4 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (40 publications) (from synonym Columbella mendicaria (Linnaeus, 1758))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (47 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Pusiostoma mendicaria (Linnaeus, 1758))
To Conchology (Engina mendicaria DARK FORM)
To Conchology (Engina mendicaria SPECIAL COLOR)
To Conchology (Engina mendicaria)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Engina mendicaria)
To GenBank (7 nucleotides; 3 proteins) (from synonym Voluta mendicaria Linnaeus, 1758)
To GenBank (7 nucleotides; 3 proteins)
To Malacopics (Engina mendicaria (Linnaeus, 1758) Egypt, Al Bahr al Ahmar, Hurghada, collected Sep...
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (40 publications) (from synonym Columbella mendicaria (Linnaeus, 1758))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (47 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Pusiostoma mendicaria (Linnaeus, 1758))
To Conchology (Engina mendicaria DARK FORM)
To Conchology (Engina mendicaria SPECIAL COLOR)
To Conchology (Engina mendicaria)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Engina mendicaria)
To GenBank (7 nucleotides; 3 proteins) (from synonym Voluta mendicaria Linnaeus, 1758)
To GenBank (7 nucleotides; 3 proteins)
To Malacopics (Engina mendicaria (Linnaeus, 1758) Egypt, Al Bahr al Ahmar, Hurghada, collected Sep...
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
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