Kingdom Animalia Superfamily Muricoidea Subfamily Ocenebrinae Scientific name Ocenebra inornata Rank Species | Class Gastropoda Family Muricidae Genus Ocenebra Phylum Mollusca | |
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Similar Ocenebra, Ocinebrellus inornatus, Ocenebra erinaceus, Urosalpinx cinerea, Ceratostoma foliatum | ||
Ocenebra inornata common names the "Asian drill", the "Asian oyster drill", the "Japanese oyster drill" and the "Japanese oyster borer", is a species of small predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.
This species is native to Asia (Japan and Korea), but it has become a notorious introduced pest species in oyster beds in the western USA and Europe.
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