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Ocenebra Leach, 1847

Ocenebra erinaceus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Juvenile specimen from La Goulette, Tunisia (among algae 0-1 m, 22.06.2008), actual size 10.4 mm

AphiaID

138200 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138200)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Ocenebrinae Cossmann, 1903

Original name

Ocenebra Leach, 1847

Synonymised names

Murex (Ocinebra) J. E. Gray, 1847 · unaccepted > superseded rank

Ocinebra [sic] · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling (incorrect subsequent spelling)

Tritonalia J. Fleming, 1828 · unaccepted > junior objective synonym (Invalid: placed on the Official...)

Invalid: placed on the Official Index by ICZN Opinion 886

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Species Ocenebra edwardsii (Payraudeau, 1826)
Species Ocenebra erinaceus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Ocenebra contracta (Reeve, 1846) accepted as Ergalatax contracta (Reeve, 1846)
Species Ocenebra fenestrata (A. A. Gould, 1860) accepted as Vaughtia fenestrata (A. A. Gould, 1860)
Species Ocenebra inermicosta (E. H. Vokes, 1964) accepted as Inermicosta inermicosta (E. H. Vokes, 1964)
Species Ocenebra isaacsi Houart, 1984 accepted as Africanella isaacsi (Houart, 1984) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Ocenebra purpuroides (Reeve, 1845) accepted as Vaughtia purpuroides (Reeve, 1845)
Species Ocenebra scrobiculata (Dunker, 1846) accepted as Vaughtia scrobiculata (Dunker, 1846)

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Grammatical gender

feminine

Original description

Gray, J. E. (1847). The classification of the British Mollusca, by W. E. Leach, M.D. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. (1) 20(133): 267-273. [published 1 October 1847]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2278926
page(s): 269 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Ocenebra Leach, 1847. Accessed through: Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2026) African Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138200 on 2026-08-14

Regional species database citation

Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2026). African Register of Marine Species. Ocenebra Leach, 1847. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138200 on 2026-08-14

Taxonomic edit history

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action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Gofas, Serge

2009-06-05 00:35:10Z

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Houart, Roland

2017-01-28 18:23:50Z

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Bouchet, Philippe

2017-08-19 05:50:38Z

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Bouchet, Philippe

2021-04-10 07:22:22Z

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Bouchet, Philippe

2023-08-27 16:19:22Z

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Auffenberg, Kurt

2025-03-30 08:46:27Z

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Dekker, Henk

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original description Gray, J. E. (1847). The classification of the British Mollusca, by W. E. Leach, M.D. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. (1) 20(133): 267-273. [published 1 October 1847]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2278926
page(s): 269 [details]

original description (of Tritonalia J. Fleming, 1828) Fleming, J. (1828). A history of British animals, exhibiting the descriptive characters and systematical arrangement of the genera and species of quadrupeds, birds, reptiles, fishes, Mollusca, and Radiata of the United Kingdom; including the indigenous, extirpated, and extinct kinds, together with periodical and occasional visitants. Edinburgh, Bell & Bradfute / London, James Duncan. Pp. i-xxii, 1-565. corrigenda., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/18569
page(s): corrigenda: 564 [details]

basis of record Houart, R. (2024). Living Muricidae of the world. Ocenebrinae. Harxheim: ConchBooks. 238 pp.
page(s): 55 [details]

additional source Houart, R.; Sirenko, B. I. (2003). Review of the Recent species of Ocenebra Gray, 1847 and Ocinebrellus Jousseaume, 1880 in the Northwestern Pacific. Ruthenica. 13(1): 53-74. [details] Available for editors