Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Engina maura
engina oscura, Dark engina
Length: 12 to 20 mm, diameter: 8 to 17 mm.
Shallow water (less than 200 m depth), low intertidal, on rocks and tide pools.
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Class
Gastropoda
Order
Neogastropoda
Superfamily
Buccinoidea
Family
Pisaniidae
Genus
Engina
Species
maura
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Ricinula carbonaria Reeve, 1846; AMNH: 89657, ANSP: 152010, 153153, 153438, 153525, 154809, 185725, USNM: 102319, 102363, 102364, 472565, 678934, BMNH: 1966318 (Syntypes, type locality: Galapagos), MHNG: 964-139, 993-141, 993-167, CDRS: 759, 801, 897, 1166, FNRS-Belgian expedition to the Galapagos, 1984, MHNG expedition to the Galapagos, 1993
Origin: Native
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: Mexico(Jalisco) to Ecuador including Galapagos Islands )
- Appeltans, W. Bouchet, P., Boxshall, G.A., Fauchald, K., Gordon, D.P., Hoeksema, B.W., Poore, G.C.B., van Soest, R.W.M., Stöhr, S., Walter, T.C., Costello, M.J. (eds.) (2010) World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS). Available online at http://www.marinespecies.org.
- Bustamante, R.H. Vinueza, L.R., Smith, F., Banks, S., Calvopiña, M., Francisco, V., Chiriboga, A., Harris, J. (2002) Comunidades submareales rocosas I: Organismos sésiles y mesoinvertebrados móviles. In: Danulat, E. & Edgar, G.J. (eds.) (2002): Reserva Marina de Galápagos. Línea Base de la Biodiversidad. Fundación Charles Darwin/Servicio Parque Nacional Galápagos, Santa Cruz, Galápagos, Ecuador, p. 38-67.
- Finet, Y. (2001) The marine mollusks of the Galapagos Islands: a documented faunal list. Editions du Muséum d' Histoire naturelle, Genève, 237 pp.
- Hickman, C.P. Jr. Finet, Y. (1999) A Field Guide to the Marine Molluscs of Galápagos. Sugar Spring Press, Lexington, Virginia, 150 pp.
- Keen, A.M. (1958) Sea Shells of Tropical West America. Stanford University Press, Palo Alto, 1st edition, 624 pp.
- Sowerby, G.B., Jr. (II) (1832-41) The Conchological Illustrations, ptls. 1-200, pls. 1-200, (including the text of the "Catalogues of genera", which is seperately paged. London.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Engina maura", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=8089. Accessed 31 October 2026.