Ocenebra edwardsii (Payraudeau, 1826) is a animal in the Muricidae family, order Neogastropoda, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Ocenebra edwardsii (Payraudeau, 1826)

Ocenebra edwardsii (Payraudeau, 1826)

Ocenebra edwardsii is a marine snail with a 12–20 mm shell found in European, Mediterranean, and Atlantic western African waters.

Family
Genus
Ocenebra
Order
Neogastropoda
Class
Gastropoda

About Ocenebra edwardsii (Payraudeau, 1826)

Ocenebra edwardsii, first formally described by Payraudeau in 1826, has an adult shell size that ranges between 12 millimeters and 20 millimeters. This species can be found in European waters and the Mediterranean Sea, specifically along the coasts of Greece and Apulia, Italy. It also occurs in the Atlantic Ocean along the coast of western Africa.

Photo: (c) Dennis Rabeling, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND), uploaded by Dennis Rabeling · cc-by-nc-nd

Taxonomy

Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Neogastropoda Muricidae Ocenebra

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Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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