| Ocenebra edwardsii (Payraudeau, 1826) |
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Portugal to Canarias, Madeira to Mediterranean.
Predator on mussels in the shallow infralittoral.
Original taxon: Purpura edwardsii.
Synonyms: affinis, apiculata, subapiculatus…
Above, the Murex Edwardsii in H. M. D. de Blainville: “Malacozoaires ou Animaux Mollusques”, Faune française, Paris 1828-1830?, plate V B. |
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| Badia de Polilles (Paulilles), Port-Vendres, Eastern Pyrenees, S. France. 14mm. |
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| A specimen from Llançà, Girona, Catalunya, NE. Spain. 11mm. |
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« Aperture white on the margin, and slightly tinged with purple; inside red-brown; five labial teeth […] Dedicated to M. Edwards, member of the Philomatic Society of Paris. » – B. C. Payraudeau: Catalogue descriptif et méthodique des Annelides et des Mollusques de l’île de Corse, Paris 1826, p.155. – Dark specimens collected in beach drift at L’Espiguette, Le Grau-du-Roi, Gard, S. France. 12,5-15mm. |
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Two young specimens of the edwardsii complex, clade B sensu Barco & al., 2013, from Dardanelles Strait, NE. Aegean.
In beach drift, Kepez, Çanakkale, SW. Marmara Region, NW. Turkey. 8,4-12,25mm. |
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Adults of the clade B, found in shallow water on big rocks, close to Isognomon bicolor (C. B. Adams, 1845), Agios Charálambos cove, east of Chóra Sfakíon, SW. Crete.
12,2-13,5mm. |
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| The second adult. |
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| A group of Isognomon bicolor nested in a narrow crevice at a few inches below the surface, Agios Charálambos. They are possible preys for edwardsii. |
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| Agios Charálambos under water. Most of the creatures, including edwardsii, inhabit on the surfaces exposed to direct light, while the walls remain nearly denuded. |