Ocenebra edwardsii (Payraudeau, 1826)
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.
Badia de Polilles (Paulilles), Port-Vendres, Eastern Pyrenees, S. France. 14mm.
A specimen from Llançà, Girona, Catalunya, NE. Spain. 11mm.
« 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.
Probable edwardsii, very scalariform, on rock in shallow water, Mljet island, Dubrovnik-Neretva Comitat, S. Croatia. 13,5mm. Original pictures provided by N. Lete (HR).
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Two young specimens from Dardanelles Strait, NE. Aegean.
In beach drift, Kepez, Çanakkale, SW. Marmara Region, NW. Turkey. 8,4-12,25mm.

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