Ocinebrellus acanthophorus

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Ocinebrellus acanthophorus
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O. acanthophorus
Binomial name
Ocinebrellus acanthophorus
(A. Adams, 1863)
Synonyms [1]

Murex endermonensisSowerby, 1879
Phyllonotus acanthophoraA. Adams, 1863

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Ocinebrellus acanthophorus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails. [1]

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