Ocinebrina edwardsii

Ocinebrina edwardsii
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]
Murex acanthophora Monterosato, T.A. de M. di, 1875 Murex baetica Reeve, 1845 Murex edwardsii (Payraudeau, 1826) Murex edwardsi var. viridis Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1882 Murex lassaignei Deshayes, 1836 Murex pumilus Kuster, 1869 Murex semiclausus Kuster, 1869 Muricopsis edwardsii (Payraudeau, 1826) Ocenebra requieni Locard, 1899 Ocinebrina cyclopus Benoit in Monterosato, 1884 Ocinebrina edwardsii var. apiculata Pallary in Dautzenberg, 1917 Ocinebrina edwardsii var. cassidula Monterosato, 1884 Ocinebrina edwardsii var. elongata Setepassi, 1977 Ocinebrina edwardsii var. ventricosa Bellini, 1929 Ocinebrina nicolai var. maculata Pallary, 1900 Purpura edwardsii Payraudeau, 1826 Purpura edwardsii var. alpaus de Gregorio, 1885 Purpura edwardsii var. capolus de Gregorio, 1885 Purpura edwardsii var. perigmus de Gregorio, 1885 Purpura edwardsii var. perilus de Gregorio, 1885

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. 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

External links

• Gastropods.com : Ocinebrina edwardsii; accessed : 21 December 2010