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

Ocenebra erinaceus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Ocenebra*	Leach, 1847	accepted genus name
*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
*Tritonalia*	J. Fleming, 1828	synonym

Species group names

*Murex imbricatus*	Nardo, 1847	junior homonym; nom. inval.
*Murex labiosus*	Nardo, 1847	junior homonym; nom. inval.
*Murex bicristatus*	Risso, 1826	synonym
*Murex caliginosus*	Reeve, 1845	synonym
*Murex cinguliferus*	Lamarck, 1822	synonym
*Murex duthiersi*	Vélain, 1877	synonym
*Murex erinaceus*	Linnaeus, 1758	synonym
*Murex erinaceus f. amirrus*	De Gregorio, 1885	synonym
*Murex erinaceus var. candida*	Dautzenberg, 1894	synonym
*Murex erinaceus var. conspersa*	Dautzenberg, 1887	synonym
*Murex erinaceus var. depauperata*	Dautzenberg, 1887	synonym
*Murex erinaceus var. fasciata*	Dautzenberg, 1887	synonym
*Murex erinaceus var. fusca*	Dautzenberg, 1887	synonym
*Murex erinaceus var. melanostoma*	Jeffreys, 1869	synonym
*Murex erinaceus var. sculpta*	Jeffreys, 1867	synonym
*Murex erinaceus var. viriditincta*	Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1925	synonym
*Murex hanleyi*	Dautzenberg, 1887	synonym
*Murex orbignianus*	Risso, 1826	synonym
*Murex pirotecus*	De Gregorio, 1885	synonym
*Murex subcarinatus*	Lamarck, 1822	synonym
*Murex tarentinus*	Lamarck, 1822	synonym
*Murex triquetra*	Risso, 1826	synonym
*Murex ungulatus*	Nardo, 1847	synonym
*Ocenebra erinaceus africana*	Settepassi, 1970	synonym
*Ocenebra erinaceus algeriana*	Settepassi, 1970	synonym
*Ocenebra erinaceus elongata*	Settepassi, 1970	synonym
*Ocenebra erinaceus iberica*	Settepassi, 1970	synonym
*Ocenebra erinaceus neglecta*	Settepassi, 1970	synonym
*Ocenebra erinaceus pagodulina*	Settepassi, 1970	synonym
*Ocenebra erinaceus solidula*	Settepassi, 1970	synonym
*Ocenebra erinaceus var. carneola*	Dautzenberg & Durouchoux, 1913	synonym
*Ocenebra erinaceus var. foliosa*	Monterosato, 1914	synonym
*Ocenebra erinaceus var. major*	Dautzenberg, 1920	synonym
*Ocenebra erinaceus var. mutica*	Dautzenberg & Durouchoux, 1913	synonym
*Ocenebra erinaceus var. producta*	Dautzenberg & Durouchoux, 1913	synonym
*Ocenebra erinaceus var. thersites*	Coen, 1933	synonym
*Ocenebra erinaceus var. venetiana*	Coen, 1933	synonym
*Ocenebra erinaceus var. viriditincta*	(Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1925)	synonym
*Ocinebra (Dentocinebra) labiosum*	(Nardo, 1847)	synonym
*Ocinebra (Dentocinebra) labiosum var. fasciata*	Coen, 1933	synonym
*Ocinebra erinaceus*	(Linnaeus, 1758)	synonym
*Ocinebra erinaceus var. triquetra*	Coen, 1933	synonym
*Ocinebra hanleyi*	(Dautzenberg, 1887)	synonym
*Ocinebra hanleyi var. benisafiensis*	Pallary, 1900	synonym
*Purpura congener*	Roding, 1798	synonym
*Purpura senegalla*	Roding, 1798	synonym
*Tritonalia (Ternaria) chicoroides*	Coen., 1947	synonym
*Tritonalia (Ternaria) mercaensis*	Coen, 1947	synonym
*Tritonalia chicoroides*	Coen, 1947	synonym
*Tritonalia erinaceus*	(Linnaeus, 1758)	synonym
*Tritonalia erinaceus var. clathrata*	Coen, 1947	synonym
*Tritonalia lampusiopsis*	Coen, 1947	synonym
*Tritonalia mercaensis*	Coen, 1947	synonym
*Tritonalia rejecta*	Coen, 1947	synonym
*Tritonalia rejecta var. clathrata*	Coen, 1947	synonym
*Tritonalia ruscuriana*	Monterosato, 1947	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Dutch: geschubde stekelhoren; stekelhoren sources: 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.;Hayward, P.; Nelson-Smith, A.; Shields, C. (1999). Gids van kust en strand: flora en fauna [Coast and beach guide: flora and fauna]. Tirion: Baarn, Netherlands. ISBN 90-5210-327-5. 352, ill. pp.

English: European oyster drill; European sting winkle; hedgehog murex; rough tingle sources: Cole, T. C. H. (2017). Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English. 2017. Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp.;Hayward, P. J.; Nelson-Smith, A.; Shields, C. (1996). Collins pocket guide: sea shore of Britain and Europe. Collins pocket guides. Harper-Collins Publishers: London, UK. ISBN 0-00-219955-6. 352 pp.

French: cormaillot; murex sources: Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp.

German: Austernbohrer; Gerippte Felsschnecke; gerippte Purpurschnecke; Großes Seekälbchen sources: Cole, T. C. H. (2017). Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English. 2017. Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp.

Greek: Ψευτόστρομπος

Literature

basis of record	Houart, R. (2024). Living Muricidae of the world. Ocenebrinae. Harxheim: ConchBooks. 238 pp.
additional source	Hayward, P.J. & J.S. Ryland (Eds.). (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK. 627 pp.

Genbank

External Links

Marine Life Information Network - UK

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Ocenebra erinaceus (Linnaeus, 1758). 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:140405