Ocinebrina corallinoides

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

Ocinebrina corallinoides
Shell of Ocinebrina corallinoides (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Muricidae
Subfamily: Ocenebrinae
Genus: Ocinebrina
Species:
O. corallinoides
Binomial name
Ocinebrina corallinoides
Pallary, 1912
Synonyms[1]
  • Ocinebrina aciculata corallinoides Pallary, 1912
  • Ocinebrina aciculata exilis Houart, 2001
  • Ocinebrina buzzurroi Cecalupo & Mariani, 2008

Description

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The length of the shell attains 9.6 mm.

The variety Ocinebrina corallinus var. major Pallary, 1900 is a synonym of Ocinebrina aciculata aciculata (Lamarck, 1822): synonym of Ocinebrina aciculata (Lamarck, 1822)

Distribution

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This marine species occurs in the Gulf of Gabès, Tunisia

References

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  • Houart, R. (2001). A review of the Recent Mediterranean and Northeastern Atlantic species of Muricidae. Evolver, Roma, 227 pp.
  • Cecalupo A., Buzzurro G. & Mariani M., 2008. Contributo alla conoscenza della macrofauna del Golfo di Gabès (Tunisia). Quaderni della Civica Stazione Idrobiologica di Milano, 31: 1-173, pl. 1-92.
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