Kingdom Animalia Superfamily Muricoidea Subfamily Ocenebrinae Scientific name Ocinebrina edwardsii Rank Species | Class Gastropoda Family Muricidae Genus Ocinebrina Phylum Mollusca | |
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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.
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Taxonomy
The following vatieties have been brought into synonymy :
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
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