Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Orthogastropoda > Subclass Caenogastropoda > Order Neogastropoda > Superfamily Muricoidea > Family Muricidae > Subfamily Ocenebrinae

Ocenebra Leach, 1847

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Ocinebra*	[sic]	orthographic variant
*Ocinebra (Dentocinebra)*	[sic]	orthographic variant
*Dentocenebra*	Monterosato, 1917	synonym
*Murex (Ocinebra)*	J. E. Gray, 1847	synonym
*Ocenebra (Ocenebra)*	J. E. Gray, 1847	synonym; alternate representation
*Tritonalia*	J. Fleming, 1828	synonym; nom. inval.

Children

Ocenebra aparicioae Cunningham Aparicio, 2020
Ocenebra baetica (Reeve, 1845)
Ocenebra brevirobusta Houart, 2000
Ocenebra chavesi Houart, 1996
Ocenebra edwardsii (Payraudeau, 1826)
Ocenebra erinaceus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Ocenebra helleri (Brusina, 1865)
Ocenebra hispidula (Pallary, 1904)
Ocenebra ingloria (Crosse, 1865)
Ocenebra inordinata Houart & A. Abreu, 1994
Ocenebra leukos (Houart, 2000)
Ocenebra miscowichae (Pallary, 1920)
Ocenebra nicolai (Monterosato, 1884)
Ocenebra paddeui (Bonomolo & Buzzurro, 2006)
Ocenebra purpuroidea (Pallary, 1920)
Ocenebra salahi T. Cossignani & Ahuir, 2021
Ocenebra vazzanai Crocetta, Houart & Bonomolo, 2020

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Dutch: stekelhorens

Literature

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

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Ocenebra Leach, 1847. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138200