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Ocenebra

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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)

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]

Species

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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

References

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  1. ^ Gray (October 1847). Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. 20: 269; (November 1847), Proc. zool. Soc. London 15: 133.
  2. ^ a b c 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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