A new species of the genus Ocenebra Gray, 1847 (Gastropoda Muricidae Ocenebrinae) from southern Spain (Mediterranean Sea)
In: Biodiversity Journal. Edizioni Danaus: Palermo. ISSN 2039-0394, more
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Keywords |
Mollusca [WoRMS]; Muricidae Rafinesque, 1815 [WoRMS]; Ocenebra aparicioae Cunningham Aparicio, 2020 [WoRMS] Marine/Coastal |
Author keywords |
Mollusca; Muricidae; Ocenebra aparicioae n. sp; Mediterranean |
Abstract |
Based on morphological characters of the shell and animal, a small new species of gastropod of the genus Ocenebra Gray, 1847 (Gastropoda Muricidae Ocenebrinae), Ocenebra aparicioae n. sp., is here described from the infralittoral coast of Murcia, southern Spain, a poorly known area in the Mediterranean Sea, and it is compared with other close related species of the family Muricidae, such as O. nicolai (Monterosato, 1884), O. helleri (Brusina, 1865), O. vazzanai Crocetta, Houart et Bonomolo, 2020 and Ocinebrina reinai Bonomolo et Crocetta, 2012. |
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