Ocinebrina edwardsii
Ocinebrina edwardsii | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
(unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Muricoidea |
Family: | Muricidae |
Subfamily: | Ocenebrinae |
Genus: | Ocinebrina |
Species: | O. edwardsii |
Binomial name | |
Ocinebrina edwardsii (Payraudeau, 1826) | |
Synonyms[1] | |
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Ocinebrina edwardsii is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]
Taxonomy
The following vatieties have been brought into synonymy :
- Ocinebrina edwardsi var. albina Pallary, 1906 : synonym of Ocinebrina hispidula (Pallary, 1904)
- Ocinebrina edwardsi var. cincta Pallary, 1906 : synonym of Ocinebrina hispidula (Pallary, 1904)
- Ocinebrina edwardsi var. fasciatus Settepassi, 1977 : synonym of Ocinebrina hybrida (Aradas & Benoit, 1876)
- Ocinebrina edwardsi var. hispidula Pallary, 1904 : synonym of Ocinebrina hispidula (Pallary, 1904)
- Ocinebrina edwardsi var. mutica Pallary, 1906 : synonym of Ocinebrina hispidula (Pallary, 1904)
- Ocinebrina edwardsii var. apiculata Pallary in Dautzenberg, 1917 : synonym of Ocinebrina edwardsii (Payraudeau, 1826)
- Ocinebrina edwardsii var. cassidula Monterosato, 1884 : synonym of Ocinebrina edwardsii (Payraudeau, 1826)
- Ocinebrina edwardsii var. elongata Setepassi, 1977: synonym of Ocinebrina edwardsii (Payraudeau, 1826)
- Ocinebrina edwardsii var. ventricosa Bellini, 1929 : synonym of Ocinebrina 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 West Africa.
References
- 1 2 Ocinebrina edwardsii (Payraudeau, 1826). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 21 December 2010.
- 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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