Ocinebrellus inornatus
Species of gastropod
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Ocinebrellus inornatus, commonly called the Japanese oyster drill, Asian oyster drill, Asian drill, and Japanese oyster borer, is a species of small predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]
| Ocinebrellus inornatus | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Muricidae |
| Genus: | Ocinebrellus |
| Species: | O. inornatus |
| Binomial name | |
| Ocinebrellus inornatus (Récluz, 1851) | |
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This species is native to Asia (Japan and Korea), but it has become a notorious introduced pest species in oyster beds in the western USA and Europe.
