Paciocinebrina lurida

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Paciocinebrina lurida is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]

Paciocinebrina lurida
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Muricidae
Genus: Paciocinebrina
Species:
P. lurida
Binomial name
Paciocinebrina lurida
(Middendorff, 1848)
Synonyms
  • Ocenebra lurida (Middendorff, 1848)
  • Ocinebra lurida Middendorff, 1848
  • Ocinebrina lurida Middendorff, 1848
  • Tritonalia lurida Middendorff, 1848
  • Tritonalia rotunda Dall, 1919
  • Tritonium luridum Middendorff, 1848
  • Vitularia aspera Baird, 1863

Common names for this species are dwarf lurid triton, lurid dwarf triton, lurid rocksnail, and dwarf triton. The species grows to 4cm long and lives in the intertidal to depths of 200 metres from central Alaska to northern Mexico. This marine gastropod favours strong-currents.[2]


References

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  1. ^ Ocinebrina lurida (Middendorff, 1848). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.
  2. ^ Lamb, Andy (2005). Marine Life of the Pacific Northwest (1 ed.). Madeira Park BC: Harbour Publishing. p. 223. ISBN 1-55017-361-8.