Ocenebra edwardsii

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

Ocenebra edwardsii
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
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

• 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

External links

• "Ocinebrina edwardsii". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 21 December 2010.