Interesting Facts
Common Names
Common Names in English:
Santa Barbara Rocksnail
Description
Family Muricidae
Either with axial ribs and spiral ridges equally well developed and prominent , or axial ribs represented by thin lamellae and spiral ridges faint.
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
)
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
)
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Protostomia
(
)
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Lophotrochozoa
(
)
- Superphylum:
Eutrochozoa
(
)
- Phylum:
Mollusca
(
)
- (C. Linnaeus, 1758) Cuvier, 1795
- Molluscs
- Class:
Gastropoda
(
)
- Cuvier, 1795
- Snails and Slugs
- Subclass:
Orthogastropoda
(
)
- Ponder & Lindberg, 1996
- Superorder:
Caenogastropoda
(
)
- Cox, 1960
- Order:
Sorbeoconcha
(
)
- Ponder & Lindberg, 1997
- Suborder:
Hypsogastropoda
(
)
- Ponder & Lindberg, 1997
- Infraorder:
Neogastropoda
(
)
- Thiele, 1929
- Superfamily:
Muricoidea
(
)
- Rafinesque, 1815
- Family:
Muricidae
(
)
- Rafinesque, 1815
- Drills
- Genus:
Ocinebrina
(
)
- Jousseaume, 1880
- Subgenus:
intertidal
(
)
- Specific name:
barbarensis
- (Gabb, 1865)
- Scientific name: - Ocinebrina barbarensis (Gabb, 1865)
- Specific name:
barbarensis
- (Gabb, 1865)
- Subgenus:
intertidal
(
- Genus:
Ocinebrina
(
- Family:
Muricidae
(
- Superfamily:
Muricoidea
(
- Infraorder:
Neogastropoda
(
- Suborder:
Hypsogastropoda
(
- Order:
Sorbeoconcha
(
- Superorder:
Caenogastropoda
(
- Subclass:
Orthogastropoda
(
- Class:
Gastropoda
(
- Phylum:
Mollusca
(
- Superphylum:
Eutrochozoa
(
- Infrakingdom:
Lophotrochozoa
(
- Branch:
Protostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
Last scrutiny: 17-Oct-2001
Similar Species
Members of the genus Ocinebrina
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 13 species and subspecies in this genus:
O. aciculata (Sharp Dwarf Winkle) · O. atropurpurea (Purple Rocksnail) · O. barbarensis (Santa Barbara Rocksnail) · O. beta (Beta Rocksnail) · O. circumtexta (Circled Rocksnail) · O. edwardsii (Edward's Dwarf Winkle) · O. foveolata (Dim Rocksnail) · O. gracillima (Graceful Rocksnail) · O. hybrida (California Roach) · O. inornata (Japanese Rocksnail) · O. lurida (Lurid Rocksnail) · O. minor (Minor Rocksnail) · O. squamulifera (Scaly Rocksnail)
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Further Reading
Notes
Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 16, 2012.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2691031
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-567995
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13736162
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 567995
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 461693
