Ocenebra inornata

Ocenebra inornata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Muricoidea
Family:	Muricidae
Subfamily:	Ocenebrinae
Genus:	Ocenebra
Species:	O. inornata
Binomial name
Ocenebra inornata (Récluz, 1851)
Synonyms [1]
Murex crassusA. Adams, 1853 Murex endermonisE. A. Smith, 1875 Murex inornatusRécluz, 1851 Murex japonicusDunker, 1860 Murex talienwhanensisCrosse, 1862 Ocinebrellus inornatus(Récluz, 1851)(recombination) Pteropurpura (Ocinebrellus) inornata(Récluz, 1851)(recombination) Tritonium (Fusus) submuricatumSchrenck, 1862 Trophon incomptaGould, 1860

Ocenebra inornata, commonly called the Japanese oyster drill, Asian oyster drill, Asian drill, and Japanese oyster borer, is a species of small predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails. ^[1]

This species is native to Asia (Japan and Korea), but it has become a notorious introduced pest species in oyster beds in the western USA and Europe.

References

1. Ocenebra inornata (Recluz, 1851) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 2 July 2012.

• Tryon, G.W. Jr. (1880) Muricinae, Purpurinae. Manual of Conchology, Structural and Systematic, with Illustrations of the Species. Vol. 2. Tryon, Philadelphia, 289 pp., 70 pls. page(s): 256
• Houart R. & Sirenko B.I. (2003) Review of the Recent species of Ocenebra Gray, 1847 and Ocinebrellus Jousseaume, 1880 in the Northwestern Pacific. Ruthenica 13(1): 53–74.
• Streftaris, N.; Zenetos, A.; Papathanassiou, E. (2005). Globalisation in marine ecosystems: the story of non-indigenous marine species across European seas. Oceanogr. Mar. Biol. Annu. Rev. 43: 419-453
• Houart R. (2011) Ocenebra, Pteropurpura, and Ocinebrellus (Gastropoda: Muricidae: Ocenebrinae) in the northwestern Pacific. American Conchologist 39(4): 12–22.