Ocenebra edwardsii

Ocinebrina edwardsii is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]

Ocenebra edwardsii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Muricidae
Genus: Ocenebra
Species:
O. edwardsii
Binomial name
Ocenebra edwardsii
(Payraudeau, 1826)
Synonyms
List
  • Amyclina compacta F. Nordsieck, 1968
  • Fusus lusitanicus Allen, 1858
  • Fusus subaciculatus Brugnone, 1876
  • Murex baeticus Reeve, 1845
  • Murex edwardsi (Payraudeau, 1826) [lapsus]
  • Murex edwardsii (Payraudeau, 1826)
  • Murex lassaignei Deshayes, 1835
  • Murex pumilus Kuster, 1869
  • Murex scopulorum Segre, 1954
  • Murex semiclausus Kuster, 1869
  • Muricopsis affinis Settepassi, 1977
  • Muricopsis apiculata Dautzenberg, 1917
  • Muricopsis edwardsii (Payraudeau, 1826)
  • Ocenebra requieni Locard, 1899
  • Ocinebrina cyclopus Benoit in Monterosato, 1884
  • Ocinebrina edwardsi (Payraudeau, 1826) [lapsus]
  • Ocinebrina edwardsii (Payraudeau, 1826)
  • Ocinebrina ruderata Settepassi, 1977
  • Ocinebrina scaloropsis Settepassi, 1977
  • Purpura edwardsii Payraudeau, 1826

Description

The shell size varies between 12 mm and 20 mm

Distribution

This species is distributed in European waters and in the Mediterranean Sea along Greece and Apulia, Italy; in the Atlantic Ocean along western Africa.

References
  1. "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Ocenebra edwardsii (Payraudeau, 1826)". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 10 January 2021.
  • Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180–213


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