Ocenebra erinaceus

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Ocenebra erinaceus
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A shell of Ocenebra erinaceus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Muricidae
Genus: Ocenebra
Species:
O. erinaceus
Binomial name
Ocenebra erinaceus

Ocenebra erinaceus, common name the European sting winkle, is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Muricidae, the murex and rock snails. Also known as the oyster drill, it is a pest in oyster beds.

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The name Ocenebra erinaceus is the accepted name according to the database World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), [1] and the name is also accepted as valid by the ICZN (Op. 886) [2]

Description

The size of the shell varies between 8 mm and 65 mm. The shell has four to seven varicose, nodulous, encircled by prominent cord-like, raised ribs. These are alternately smaller, the smaller ones minutely scabrous. The varices are sometimes frondose, sometimes lamellated, occasionally appressed. Occasionally the larger revolving ribs thickly overlap the varices, forming a succession of elongated nodules The color of the shell is yellowish-brown and whitish within. [3]

Distribution

This marine species occurs in European waters from Norway to the Black Sea; in the Atlantic Ocean off the Azores and Madeira

Ocenebra erinaceus torosa Ocenebra erinaceus torosa 01.JPG
Ocenebra erinaceus torosa

Synonyms

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References

  1. ↑ WoRMS : Ocenebra erinaceus
  2. ↑ Backeljau, T. (1986). Lijst van de recente mariene mollusken van België [List of the recent marine molluscs of Belgium]. Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen: Brussels, Belgium. 106 pp.
  3. ↑ G.W. Tryon (1880) Manual of Conchology II, Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia
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