#4747 · 🐌 snails, slugs & other molluscs

European Sting Winkle

🇳🇱 Stekelhoren ·Ocenebra erinaceus

🐌 Snails, slugs & other molluscs 📍 in the Netherlands

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Bernard Picton · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
2. © H. Zell · CC BY-SA 4.0
3. © Manuel Solís · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Pierre Corbrion · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
5. Cádiz, Andalucía, Spain:© Claudia Jeannette Pérez Estrada · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
6. Prainha, Alvor, Portugal:© Ricardo Martins Soares · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. Portugal:© zebedeugalinha · CC BY 4.0
8. Ilha de Tavira, Portugal:© Inês Cristina · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. North Atlantic Ocean, IE:© Anna Kellagher · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Ille-et-Vilaine, Bretagne, France:© Pierre Corbrion · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

what is it?

Ocenebra erinaceus , common name the European sting winkle, is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex and rock snails. Also known as the Oyster Drill, it is a pest in Oyster beds.

base stats

NL sightings 4iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 2,764iNaturalist observations

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).