Engina corinnae Crovo, 1971 is a pisaniid gastropod that reaches 13 mm (approximately 0.5 inch). Its shell has approximately ten axial ribs crossed by spiral cords. The color is light-tan, with 2–3 lines of brown dashes between the spiral cords. In the original 1971 description, M. Ellen Crovo observed that specimens of the new species were up to then confused with the more widespread White-spot Engina (Engina turbinella), which has a wider shell with black background coloration. The species was named after Lieutenant Colonel (USAF) Corinne Elizabeth Edwards (1905–1989) from South Miami, Florida, “in recognition of her achievements as an ardent collector of marine life as well as an educator in popular subjects on natural history” (M.E. Crovo, 1971). Read Crovo’s paper here.
