Ocenebra erinaceus

Ocenebra erinaceus
A shell of Ocenebra erinaceus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Muricidae
Genus: Ocenebra
Species: O. erinaceus
Binomial name
Ocenebra erinaceus
(Linnaeus, 1758)

Ocenebra erinaceus, common name the European sting winkle, is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex and rock snails.

The name Ocenebra erinaceus is the accepted name according to the database World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS),[1] and the name is also accepted as valid by the ICZN (Op. 886) [2]

Description

The size of the shell varies between 8 m mand 65 mm. The shell has four to seven varicose, nodulous, encircled by prominent cord-like, raised ribs. These are alternately smaller, the smaller ones minutely scabrous. The varices are sometimes frondose, sometimes lamellated, occasionally appressed. Occasionally the larger revolving ribs thickly overlap the varices, forming a succession of elongated nodules The color of the shell is yellowish-brown and whitish within. [3]

Distribution

This marine species occurs in European waters from Norway to the Black Sea; in the Atlantic Ocean off the Azores and Madeira

A shell of Ocenebra erinacea

Synonyms

  • Cenebra erinacea
  • Murex bicristatus Risso, 1826
  • Murex cinguliferus Lamarck, 1822
  • Murex duthiersi Velain, 1877
  • Murex erinaceus Linnaeus, 1758 (original combination)
    • Murex erinaceus var. amirrus de Gregorio, 1885
    • Murex erinaceus var. benisafiensis Koch in Pallary, 1900
    • Murex erinaceus var. conspersa Dautzenberg, 1887
    • Murex erinaceus var. depauperata Dautzenberg, 1887
    • Murex erinaceus var. fasciata Dautzenberg, 1887
    • Murex erinaceus var. fusca Dautzenberg, 1887
    • Murex erinaceus var. major Dautzenberg, 1920
    • Murex erinaceus var. mutica Dautzenberg & Durouchoux, 1913
    • Murex erinaceus var. sculpta Jeffreys, 1867
    • Murex erinaceus var. thersites Coen, 1933
    • Murex erinaceus var. triquetra Coen, 1933
    • Murex erinaceus var. venetiana de Gregorio in Coen, 1933
    • Murex erinaceus var. viriditincta Dautzenberg & Fischer, 1925
  • Murex hanleyi Dautzenberg, 1887
  • Murex imbricatus Chiereghini in Nardo, 1847
  • Murex labiosus Chiereghini in Nardo, 1847
  • Murex orbignyanus Risso, 1826
  • Murex pirotectus de Gregorio, 1885
  • Murex tarantinus Lamarck, 1822
  • Murex triquetra Risso, 1826
  • Murex ungulatus Chiereghini in Nardo, 1847
    • Ocenebra erinaceus elongatus Settepassi, 1970
    • Ocenebra erinaceus var. africanus Settepassi, 1970
    • Ocenebra erinaceus var. algerianus Settepassi, 1970
    • Ocenebra erinaceus var. candida Dautzenberg, 1894
    • Ocenebra erinaceus var. carneola Dautzenberg & Durouchoux, 1913
    • Ocenebra erinaceus var. dilatatus Settepassi, 1970
    • Ocenebra erinaceus var. foliosa Monterosato in Coen, 1914
    • Ocenebra erinaceus var. ibericus Settepassi, 1970
    • Ocenebra erinaceus var. neglectus Settepassi, 1970
    • Ocenebra erinaceus var. pagodulinus Settepassi, 1970
    • Ocenebra erinaceus var. producta Dautzenberg & Durouchoux, 1913
    • Ocenebra erinaceus var. solidus Settepassi, 1970
    • Ocenebra erinaceus var. squamulosus Philippi in Settepassi, 1970
    • Ocenebra gibbosus var. acuminatus Settepassi, 1970
    • Ocenebra gibbosus var. compositus Settepassi, 1970
    • Ocenebra gibbosus var. elongatus Settepassi, 1970
  • Ocinebra labiosus (Chiereghini in Nardo, 1847)
    • Ocinebra labiosus var. fasciata Coen, 1933
  • Purpura congener Roding, 1798
  • Purpura senegalla Roding, 1798
  • Tritonalia chicoroides Coen, 1947
  • Tritonalia erinaceus (Linnaeus, 1758)
    • Tritonalia erinaceus var. clathrata Coen, 1947
  • Tritonalia humilis Coen, 1947
  • Tritonalia lampusiopsis Coen, 1947
  • Tritonalia mercaensis Coen, 1947
  • Tritonalia rejecta Monterosato in Coen, 1947
  • Tritonalia rotunda Coen, 1947
  • Tritonalia ruscuriana Monterosato in Coen, 1947

References

  1. WoRMS : Ocenebra erinaceus
  2. 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.
  3. G.W. Tryon (1880) Manual of Conchology II, Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia

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