Ocinebrina edwardsii

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Kingdom Animalia Superfamily Muricoidea Subfamily Ocenebrinae Scientific name Ocinebrina edwardsii Rank Species		Class Gastropoda Family Muricidae Genus Ocinebrina Phylum Mollusca

Similar Ocinebrina, Ocinebrina aciculata, Muricopsis cristata, Muricopsis, Ocenebra

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

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)

The shell size varies between 12 mm and 20 mm

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

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