Biology: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
	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 varieties 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.

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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