Ocinebrina aciculata

Ocinebrina aciculata
Ocinebrina aciculata shell
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Muricidae
Genus:	Ocinebrina
Species:	O. aciculata
Binomial name
Ocinebrina aciculata (Lamarck, 1822)[1]
Synonyms
Fusus acrisius Nardo, 1847 Fusus titii Stossich, 1865 Murex aciculatus Lamarck, 1822 (basionym)[2] Murex corallinus Scacchi, 1836 Murex inconspicuus G.B. Sowerby II, 1841 Murex pistacia Reeve, 1845 Murex subaciculatus Locard, 1886 Ocenebra wardiana F.C. Baker, 1891 Ocinebrina aciculata aciculata (Lamarck, 1822) Ocinebrina scalaropsis Settepassi, 1977

Ocinebrina aciculata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[3]

Subspecies and varieties[3]

• Ocinebrina aciculata aciculata (Lamarck, 1822): synonym of Ocinebrina aciculata (synonyms: Fusus gyrinus Brown, 1827; Fusus lavatus Philippi, 1836; Murex aciculatus var. curta Monterosato in Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1882; Murex aciculatus var. elongata Monterosato, 1878; Murex aciculatus var. minor Monterosato in B. D. & D., 1882; Ocinebrina aciculata var. cingulifera Pallary, 1920; Ocinebrina aciculata var. scalariformis Monterosato in Coen, 1933; Ocinebrina corallinus var. major Pallary, 1900; Ocinebrina titii (Stossich, 1865); Ocinebrina titii minor Monterosato in Settepassi, 1977)
• Ocinebrina aciculata corallinoides Pallary, 1912: synonym of Ocinebrina corallinoides Pallary, 1912
• Ocinebrina aciculata var. cingulifera Pallary, 1920 : synonym of Ocinebrina aciculata (Lamarck, 1822)
• Ocinebrina aciculata var. scalariformis Monterosato in Coen, 1933: synonym of Ocinebrina aciculata (Lamarck, 1822)

Description

Distribution

This species occurs in the following locations:

• European waters
• Mediterranean Sea+
• Northeast Atlantic Ocean: Azores

References

1. Lamarck ([J.-B. M. de) (1815–1822). Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres. Paris [vol. 5: Paris, Deterville/Verdière] [vol. 6 published by the Author] : 7 vol. [I molluschi sono compresi nei vol. 5–7. Vol. 5 (Les Conchiferes): 612 pp. [25 luglio 1818]. Vol. 6 (1) (Suite): 343 pp. [1819]. Vol. 6 (2) (Suite): 232 pp. [1822]. Vol. 7: (Suite): 711 pp. 1822]. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 24 April 2010.
2. Lamarck ([J.-B. M.] de) (1815–1822). Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres. Paris [vol. 5: Paris, Deterville/Verdière] [vol. 6 published by the Author] : 7 vol. [I molluschi sono compresi nei vol. 5–7. Vol. 5 (Les Conchiferes): 612 pp. [25 luglio 1818]. Vol. 6 (1) (Suite): 343 pp. [1819]. Vol. 6 (2) (Suite): 232 pp. [1822]. Vol. 7: (Suite): 711 pp. 1822,
3. Ocinebrina aciculata (Lamarck, 1822). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 9 September 2010.

• Hayward, P.J.; Ryland, J.S. (Ed.) (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK. ISBN 0-19-857356-1. 627 pp.
• Crocetta F., Bonomolo G., Albano P.G., Barco A., Houart R. & Oliverio M. (March 2012) The status of the northeastern Atlantic and Mediterranean small mussel drills of the Ocinebrina aciculata complex (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Muricidae), with the description of a new species. Scientia Marina 76(1): 177–189.