# Ocenebra > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Ocenebra > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Ocenebra.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ocenebra > Source revision: 1349209359 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Genus of gastropods Ocenebra A beachworn shell of Ocenebra erinaceus Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Gastropoda Subclass: Caenogastropoda Order: Neogastropoda Superfamily: Muricoidea Family: Muricidae Subfamily: Ocenebrinae Genus: Ocenebra Gray, 1847[1] Type species Murex erinaceus Linnaeus, 1758 Synonyms[2] Dentocenebra Monterosato, 1917 Murex (Ocenebra) Murex (Ocinebra) Ocenebra (Ocenebra) Gray, 1847 Ocinebra Leach, 1852 (incorrect subsequent spelling) Tritonalia Fleming, 1828 (Invalid: placed on the Official Index by ICZN Opinion 886) ***Ocenebra*** is a [genus](/source/Genus) of [predatory](/source/Predatory) [sea snails](/source/Sea_snail), [marine](/source/Marine_(ocean)) [gastropod](/source/Gastropod) [mollusks](/source/Mollusk) in the subfamily [Ocenebrinae](/source/Ocenebrinae) of the family [Muricidae](/source/Muricidae), the murex and rock snails.[2] ## Species Species with accepted names within the genus *Ocenebra* include according to the [World Register of Marine Species](/source/World_Register_of_Marine_Species) (WoRMS) :[2] - *[Ocenebra aparicioae](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ocenebra_aparicioae&action=edit&redlink=1)* Cunningham Aparicio, 2020 - *[Ocenebra brevirobusta](/source/Ocenebra_brevirobusta)* Houart, 2000 - *[Ocenebra chavesi](/source/Ocenebra_chavesi)* Houart, 1996 - *[Ocenebra edwardsii](/source/Ocenebra_edwardsii)* (Payraudeau, 1826) - *[Ocenebra erinaceus](/source/Ocenebra_erinaceus)* (Linnaeus, 1758) - † *[Ocenebra etteri](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ocenebra_etteri&action=edit&redlink=1)* Landau & Houart, 2014 - *[Ocenebra helleri](/source/Ocenebra_helleri)* (Brusina, 1865) - *[Ocenebra hispidula](/source/Ocenebra_hispidula)* (Pallary, 1904) - *[Ocenebra hybrida](/source/Ocenebra_hybrida)* (Aradas & Benoit, 1876) - *[Ocenebra ingloria](/source/Ocenebra_ingloria)* (Crosse, 1865) - *[Ocenebra inordinata](/source/Ocenebra_inordinata)* Houart & Abreu, 1994 - *[Ocenebra leukos](/source/Ocenebra_leukos)* (Houart, 2000) - *[Ocenebra miscowichae](/source/Ocenebra_miscowichae)* (Pallary, 1920) - *[Ocenebra nicolai](/source/Ocenebra_nicolai)* (Monterosato, 1884) - *[Ocenebra paddeui](/source/Ocenebra_paddeui)* (Bonomolo & Buzzurro, 2006) - *[Ocenebra piantonii](/source/Ocenebra_piantonii)* (Cecalupo, Buzzurro & Mariani, 2008) - † *[Ocenebra prionotus](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ocenebra_prionotus&action=edit&redlink=1)* (Tate, 1888) - *[Ocenebra purpuroidea](/source/Ocenebra_purpuroidea)* (Pallary, 1920) - *[Ocenebra salahi](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ocenebra_salahi&action=edit&redlink=1)* T. Cossignani & Ahuir, 2021 - *[Ocenebra vazzanai](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ocenebra_vazzanai&action=edit&redlink=1)* Crocetta, Houart & Bonomolo, 2020 - †*[Ocenebra vindobonensis](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ocenebra_vindobonensis&action=edit&redlink=1)* (Hörnes, 1853) **Species inquirendum** - *Ocenebra juritzi* (Barnard, 1969) **Species brought into synonymy** - *Ocenebra acanthophora* (A. Adams, 1863): synonym of *[Ocinebrellus acanthophorus](/source/Ocinebrellus_acanthophorus)* (A. Adams, 1863) - *Ocenebra angolensis* Odhner, 1922: synonym of *[Orania fusulus](/source/Orania_fusulus)* (Brocchi, 1814) (synonym) - *Ocenebra atropurpurea* Carpenter, 1865: synonym of *[Paciocinebrina atropurpurea](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Paciocinebrina_atropurpurea&action=edit&redlink=1)* (Carpenter, 1865) (original combination) - *Ocenebra brevirostra* [sic]: synonym of *Ocenebra brevirobusta* Houart, 2000 (lapsus in abstract) - *Ocenebra cala* (Pilsbry, 1897): synonym of *[Urosalpinx cala](/source/Urosalpinx_cala)* (Pilsbry, 1897) (unaccepted combination) - *Ocenebra circumtexta* Stearns, 1871: synonym of *[Paciocinebrina circumtexta](/source/Paciocinebrina_circumtexta)* (Stearns, 1871) - *Ocenebra contracta* (Reeve, 1846) synonym of *[Ergalatax contracta](/source/Ergalatax_contracta)* (Reeve, 1846) - *Ocenebra coseli* Houart, 1989: synonym of *[Africanella coseli](/source/Africanella_coseli)* (Houart, 1989) (original combination) - *Ocenebra crispatissima* Berry, 1953: synonym of *[Paciocinebrina crispatissima](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Paciocinebrina_crispatissima&action=edit&redlink=1)* (Berry, 1953) (original combination) - *Ocenebra erinacea* (Linnaeus, 1758) - sting winkle : synonym of *[Ocenebra erinaceus](/source/Ocenebra_erinaceus)* (Linnaeus, 1758) but still: synonym of a valid name by the ICZN (Op. 886) [3] - *Ocenebra erronea* (Monterosato in Poirier, 1883): synonym of *Ocinebrina hispidula* (Pallary, 1904): synonym of *Ocenebra hispidula* (Pallary, 1904) - *Ocenebra fairiana* Houart, 1979: synonym of *[Pteropurpura fairiana](/source/Pteropurpura_fairiana)* (Houart, 1979) (original combination) - *Ocenebra fasciata* (G. B. Sowerby II, 1841): synonym of *[Inermicosta inermicosta](/source/Inermicosta_inermicosta)* (Vokes, 1964) - *Ocenebra fenestrata* : synonym of *[Muricodrupa fenestrata](/source/Muricodrupa_fenestrata)* (Blainville, 1832) - *Ocenebra erronea* (Monterosato in Poirier, 1883): synonym of *Ocinebrina hispidula* (Pallary, 1904): synonym of *Ocenebra hispidula* (Pallary, 1904) - *Ocenebra fairiana* Houart, 1979: synonym of *[Pteropurpura fairiana](/source/Pteropurpura_fairiana)* (Houart, 1979) (original combination) - *Ocenebra fasciata* (G. B. Sowerby II, 1841): synonym of [Inermicosta inermicosta](/source/Inermicosta_inermicosta) (Vokes, 1964) - *Ocenebra gibbosa* (Lamarck, 1822): synonym of *[Jaton decussatus](/source/Jaton_decussatus)* (Gmelin, 1791) - *Ocenebra hayesi* Lorenz, 1995: synonym of *[Vaughtia hayesi](/source/Vaughtia_hayesi)* (Lorenz, 1995) (original combination) - *Ocenebra inermicosta* Vokes, 1964 : synonym of *[Inermicosta inermicosta](/source/Inermicosta_inermicosta)* (Vokes, 1964) - *Ocenebra inornata* (Récluz, 1851): synonym of *[Ocinebrellus inornatus](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ocinebrellus_inornatus&action=edit&redlink=1)* (Récluz, 1851) - *Ocenebra interfossa* Carpenter, 1864: synonym of *[Paciocinebrina interfossa](/source/Paciocinebrina_interfossa)* (Carpenter, 1864) (original combination) - *Ocenebra intermedia* (C. B. Adams, 1850): synonym of *[Favartia alveata](/source/Favartia_alveata)* (Kiener, 1842) - *Ocenebra isaacsi* Houart, 1984: synonym of *[Africanella isaacsi](/source/Africanella_isaacsi)* (Houart, 1984) (original combination) - *Ocenebra jenksii* F. C. Baker, 1889: synonym of *Haustrum vinosum* (Lamarck, 1822): synonym of *[Bedeva vinosa](/source/Bedeva_vinosa)* (Lamarck, 1822) (synonym) - *Ocenebra keenae* Bormann, 1946: synonym of *[Paciocinebrina barbarensis](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Paciocinebrina_barbarensis&action=edit&redlink=1)* (Gabb, 1865) - † *Ocenebra keepi* Arnold, 1903 : synonym of † *[Paciocinebrina squamulifera](/source/Paciocinebrina_squamulifera)* (Carpenter, 1869) - *Ocenebra levicula* (Dall, 1889): synonym of *[Favartia levicula](/source/Favartia_levicula)* (Dall, 1889) - *Ocenebra lumaria* Yokoyama, 1926: synonym of *[Ocinebrellus lumarius](/source/Ocinebrellus_lumarius)* (Yokoyama, 1926) (original combination) - *Ocenebra lurida* (Middendorff, 1848): synonym of *[Paciocinebrina lurida](/source/Paciocinebrina_lurida)* (Middendorff, 1848) - *Ocenebra michaeli* Ford, 1888: synonym of *[Urosalpinx subangulata](/source/Urosalpinx_subangulata)* (Stearns, 1873) - *Ocenebra minor* (Dall, 1919): synonym of *[Paciocinebrina minor](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Paciocinebrina_minor&action=edit&redlink=1)* (Dall, 1919) - *Ocenebra newmani* Lorenz, 1990: synonym of *[Vaughtia dunkeri](/source/Vaughtia_dunkeri)* (F. Krauss, 1848) - *Ocenebra poulsoni* Carpenter, 1864: synonym of *[Roperia poulsoni](/source/Roperia_poulsoni)* (Carpenter, 1864) (original combination) - *Ocenebra purpuroides* (Reeve, 1845): synonym of *[Vaughtia purpuroides](/source/Vaughtia_purpuroides)* (Reeve, 1845) - *Ocenebra rosea* (Reeve, 1846): synonym of *[Muricopsis rosea](/source/Muricopsis_rosea)* (Reeve, 1846) - *Ocenebra rubra* F. C. Baker, 1891: synonym of *[Paciocinebrina atropurpurea](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Paciocinebrina_atropurpurea&action=edit&redlink=1)* (Carpenter, 1865) - *Ocenebra sclera* (Dall, 1919) : synonym of *[Paciocinebrina sclera](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Paciocinebrina_sclera&action=edit&redlink=1)* (Dall, 1919) - *Ocenebra scrobiculata* (Philippi, 1846): synonym of *[Vaughtia scrobiculata](/source/Vaughtia_scrobiculata)* (Dunker, 1846) - *Ocenebra seftoni* Chace, 1958: synonym of *[Paciocinebrina seftoni](/source/Paciocinebrina_seftoni)* (Chace, 1958) (original combination) - *Ocenebra sloati* Hertlein, 1958: synonym of *[Coralliophila orcuttiana](/source/Coralliophila_orcuttiana)* Dall, 1919 - *Ocenebra sperata* (Cossmann, 1921): synonym of *[Urosalpinx sperata](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Urosalpinx_sperata&action=edit&redlink=1)* (Cossmann, 1921): synonym of Hadriania sperata (Cossmann, 1921) - *Ocenebra subangulata* (Stearns, 1873) : synonym of *[Urosalpinx subangulata](/source/Urosalpinx_subangulata)* (Stearns, 1873) - *Ocenebra wardiana* F. C. Baker, 1891: synonym of *[Ocinebrina aciculata](/source/Ocinebrina_aciculata)* (Lamarck, 1822) ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Gray (October 1847). *Ann. Mag. nat. Hist.* **20**: 269; (November 1847), *Proc. zool. Soc. London* **15**: 133. 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-WoRMS_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-WoRMS_2-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-WoRMS_2-2) Houart, R.; Gofas, S. (2010). Ocenebra Gray, 1847. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at [http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138200](http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138200) on 2010-12-02 1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** Backeljau, T. (1986). Lijst van de recente mariene mollusken van België [List of the recent marine molluscs of Belgium]. Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen: Brussels, Belgium. 106 pp. ## External links Wikimedia Commons has media related to [Ocenebra](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Ocenebra). [Wikispecies](/source/Wikispecies) has information related to ***[Ocenebra](https://species.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:Search/Ocenebra)***. - [Gray, J. E. (1847). On the classification of the British Mollusca by W E Leach. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. (1) 20: 267-273.](https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2278926) - [Monterosato, T. A. di. (1917). Molluschi viventi e quaternari raccolti lungo le coste della Tripolitania dall'ing. Camillo Crema. Bollettino della Società Zoologica Italiana. ser. 3, 4: 1-28, pl. 1](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/58455884) Taxon identifiers Ocenebra Wikidata: Q3171453 Wikispecies: Ocenebra ADW: Ocenebra BioLib: 308803 BOLD: 25700 CoL: 7PB45 EoL: 64120 GBIF: 2302910 iNaturalist: 57822 IRMNG: 1292426 ITIS: 73242 NBN: NHMSYS0021055837 NCBI: 146273 Open Tree of Life: 872945 Paleobiology Database: 11435 WoRMS: 138200 This Ocenebrinae-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by adding missing information. - [v](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Ocenebrinae-stub) - [t](/source/Template_talk%3AOcenebrinae-stub) - [e](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Ocenebrinae-stub) --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Ocenebra](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ocenebra) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ocenebra?action=history)). 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