Ocinebrina aciculata

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

Ocinebrina aciculata
Ocinebrina aciculata shell
Scientific classification
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

Subspecies and varieties

Source:^[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