Ocenebra

Ocenebra is a genus of predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Ocenebrinae of the family Muricidae, the murex and rock snails.[2]

Ocenebra
A beachworn shell of Ocenebra erinaceus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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)

Species

Species with accepted names within the genus Ocenebra include according to the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) :[2]

Species inquirendum
  • Ocenebra juritzi (Barnard, 1969)
Species brought into synonymy
  • Ocenebra acanthophora (A. Adams, 1863): synonym of Ocinebrellus acanthophorus (A. Adams, 1863)
  • Ocenebra angolensis Odhner, 1922: synonym of Orania fusulus (Brocchi, 1814) (synonym)
  • Ocenebra atropurpurea Carpenter, 1865: synonym of Paciocinebrina atropurpurea (Carpenter, 1865) (original combination)
  • Ocenebra brevirostra [sic]: synonym of Ocenebra brevirobusta Houart, 2000 (lapsus in abstract)
  • Ocenebra cala (Pilsbry, 1897): synonym of Urosalpinx cala (Pilsbry, 1897) (unaccepted combination)
  • Ocenebra circumtexta Stearns, 1871: synonym of Paciocinebrina circumtexta (Stearns, 1871)
  • Ocenebra contracta (Reeve, 1846) synonym of Ergalatax contracta (Reeve, 1846)
  • Ocenebra coseli Houart, 1989: synonym of Africanella coseli (Houart, 1989) (original combination)
  • Ocenebra crispatissima Berry, 1953: synonym of Paciocinebrina crispatissima (Berry, 1953) (original combination)
  • Ocenebra erinacea (Linnaeus, 1758) - sting winkle : synonym of 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 (Houart, 1979) (original combination)
  • Ocenebra fasciata (G. B. Sowerby II, 1841): synonym of Inermicosta inermicosta (Vokes, 1964)
  • Ocenebra fenestrata : synonym of 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 (Houart, 1979) (original combination)
  • Ocenebra fasciata (G. B. Sowerby II, 1841): synonym of Inermicosta inermicosta (Vokes, 1964)
  • Ocenebra gibbosa (Lamarck, 1822): synonym of Jaton decussatus (Gmelin, 1791)
  • Ocenebra hayesi Lorenz, 1995: synonym of Vaughtia hayesi (Lorenz, 1995) (original combination)
  • Ocenebra inermicosta Vokes, 1964 : synonym of Inermicosta inermicosta (Vokes, 1964)
  • Ocenebra inornata (Récluz, 1851): synonym of Ocinebrellus inornatus (Récluz, 1851)
  • Ocenebra interfossa Carpenter, 1864: synonym of Paciocinebrina interfossa (Carpenter, 1864) (original combination)
  • Ocenebra intermedia (C. B. Adams, 1850): synonym of Favartia alveata (Kiener, 1842)
  • Ocenebra isaacsi Houart, 1984: synonym of Africanella isaacsi (Houart, 1984) (original combination)
  • Ocenebra jenksii F. C. Baker, 1889: synonym of Haustrum vinosum (Lamarck, 1822): synonym of Bedeva vinosa (Lamarck, 1822) (synonym)
  • Ocenebra keenae Bormann, 1946: synonym of Paciocinebrina barbarensis (Gabb, 1865)
  • † Ocenebra keepi Arnold, 1903 : synonym of † Paciocinebrina squamulifera (Carpenter, 1869)
  • Ocenebra levicula (Dall, 1889): synonym of Favartia levicula (Dall, 1889)
  • Ocenebra lumaria Yokoyama, 1926: synonym of Ocinebrellus lumarius (Yokoyama, 1926) (original combination)
  • Ocenebra lurida (Middendorff, 1848): synonym of Paciocinebrina lurida (Middendorff, 1848)
  • Ocenebra michaeli Ford, 1888: synonym of Urosalpinx subangulata (Stearns, 1873)
  • Ocenebra minor (Dall, 1919): synonym of Paciocinebrina minor (Dall, 1919)
  • Ocenebra newmani Lorenz, 1990: synonym of Vaughtia dunkeri (F. Krauss, 1848)
  • Ocenebra poulsoni Carpenter, 1864: synonym of Roperia poulsoni (Carpenter, 1864) (original combination)
  • Ocenebra purpuroides (Reeve, 1845): synonym of Vaughtia purpuroides (Reeve, 1845)
  • Ocenebra rosea (Reeve, 1846): synonym of Muricopsis rosea (Reeve, 1846)
  • Ocenebra rubra F. C. Baker, 1891: synonym of Paciocinebrina atropurpurea (Carpenter, 1865)
  • Ocenebra sclera (Dall, 1919) : synonym of Paciocinebrina sclera (Dall, 1919)
  • Ocenebra scrobiculata (Philippi, 1846): synonym of Vaughtia scrobiculata (Dunker, 1846)
  • Ocenebra seftoni Chace, 1958: synonym of Paciocinebrina seftoni (Chace, 1958) (original combination)
  • Ocenebra sloati Hertlein, 1958: synonym of Coralliophila orcuttiana Dall, 1919
  • Ocenebra sperata (Cossmann, 1921): synonym of Urosalpinx sperata (Cossmann, 1921): synonym of Hadriania sperata (Cossmann, 1921)
  • Ocenebra subangulata (Stearns, 1873) : synonym of Urosalpinx subangulata (Stearns, 1873)
  • Ocenebra wardiana F. C. Baker, 1891: synonym of Ocinebrina aciculata (Lamarck, 1822)

References
  1. Gray (October 1847). Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. 20: 269; (November 1847), Proc. zool. Soc. London 15: 133.
  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 on 2010-12-02
  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.
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