Engina trifasciata | |
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Shell of Engina trifasciata | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Family: | Pisaniidae |
Genus: | Engina |
Species: | E. trifasciata
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Binomial name | |
Engina trifasciata (
Reeve, 1846)
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Engina trifasciata, is commonly known as the "striped engina" or "bumble bee snail", names which can also refer to Engina mendicaria. It is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pisaniidae. [1]
Engina trifasciata can reach 17 mm in size. [2] The shell is striped in a transverse spiral pattern with alternating bands of black and cream.