Paciocinebrina lurida
(Redirected from Ocinebrina lurida)
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Muricidae |
| Genus: | Paciocinebrina |
| Species: | P. lurida
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| Paciocinebrina lurida (Middendorff, 1848)
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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]
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
[edit]- ^ Ocinebrina lurida (Middendorff, 1848). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.
- ^ Lamb, Andy (2005). Marine Life of the Pacific Northwest (1 ed.). Madeira Park BC: Harbour Publishing. p. 223. ISBN 1-55017-361-8.
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