#4653 · 🐌 snails, slugs & other molluscs

Japanese Oyster Drill

🇳🇱 Japanse Stekelhoren ·Ocinebrellus inornatus

🐌 Snails, slugs & other molluscs 📍 in the Netherlands (introduced)

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

1. © Bettina Harvey · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © ittibittium · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © 邹轶帆Zou Yifan · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
4. © Kim, Hyun-tae · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
5. Oosterschelde, Zeeuwse meren, 158_13_400, NL:© Stefan · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. 4675 RB Sint-Annaland, Netherlands:© dr. Werner de Gier · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. Zeelandbrug, Zierikzee, Netherlands:© Glenn Biscop · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Oosterschelde, Zeeuwse meren, 158_13_400, NL:© Frédéric ANDRE · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. Schouwen-Duiveland, Pays-Bas:© Frédéric ANDRE · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Jacobahaven, 4675 RB Netherlands:© dr. Werner de Gier · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

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.

base stats

NL sightings 31iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 349iNaturalist 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).