The Pisaniidae Family includes 194 species comprising 19 genus (Engina (62 species), Pollia (21), Pisania (20), ...)

Phylum      : Mollusca
 Class       : Gastropoda 
  Subclass    : Caenogastropoda 
   Order       : Neogastropoda 
    Superfamily : Buccinoidea 
     Family      : Pisaniidae

Common name : bumble bee snail, smoky goblet or waved goblet

Aspect : shell generally symmetrical in the shape of a diamond, siphonal opening, elongated occupying half the height. presence of fairly marked axial and / or radial striations. Operculum

Feeding : carnivorous

Environment : warm waters, living under the stones

Engina mendicaria (Linnaeus, 1758)