Engina cantaurana Landau and Vermeij 2012 (true whelk)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae

Full reference: B. Landau and G. J. Vermeij. 2012. The genera Engina and Ameranna nov. gen. (Mollusca: Gastropoda, Buccinoidea, Buccinidae, Pisaniinae) from the Western Atlantic Neogene. Cainozoic Research 9(1):121-133

Belongs to Engina according to B. Landau and G. J. Vermeij 2012

Sister taxa: Engina armillata, Engina gigas, Engina latior, Engina moinensis, Engina turbinella

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at NMB Loc. 17520 - Casa Cantaure [Cantaure Fm] (Miocene of Venezuela)

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