Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > 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*	Gray, 1847	accepted genus name
*Ocinebra*		orthographic variant
*Ocenebra (Ocenebra)*	Gray, 1847	synonym
*Ocinebra*		synonym
*Tritonalia*	Fleming, 1828	synonym

Species group names

*Murex bicristatus*	Risso, 1826	synonym
*Murex cinguliferus*	Lamarck, 1822	synonym
*Murex erinaceus*	Linnaeus, 1758	synonym
*Murex erinaceus var. 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. piroteca*	de Gregorio, 1885	synonym
*Murex erinaceus var. sculpta*	Jeffreys, 1867	synonym
*Murex imbricatus*	Chiereghini in Nardo, 1847	synonym
*Murex labiosus*	Chiereghini in Nardo, 1847	synonym
*Murex orbignianus*	Risso, 1826	synonym
*Murex sowerbyi*	Michelotti, 1841	synonym
*Murex subcarinatus*	Lamarck, 1822	synonym
*Murex tarentinus*	Lamarck, 1822	synonym
*Murex triquetra*	Risso, 1826	synonym
*Murex triquetrus*	Coen, 1933	synonym
*Murex ungulatus*	Chiereghini in 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 in Coen, 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, 1914	synonym
*Ocenebra erinaceus var. viriditincta*	Dautzenberg & Fischer H., 1925	synonym
*Purpura congener*	Roding, 1798	synonym
*Purpura senegalla*	Roding, 1798	synonym
*Tritonalia chicoroides*	Coen, 1947	synonym
*Tritonalia lampusiopsis*	Coen, 1947	synonym
*Tritonalia mercaensis*	Coen, 1947	synonym
*Tritonalia rejecta*	Monterosato in Coen, 1947	synonym
*Tritonalia rejecta var. clathrata*	Coen, 1943	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 sting winkle sources: 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 Purpurschnecke

Greek: Ψευτόστρομπος

Literature

basis of record	Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180-213
additional source	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.
additional source	Dyntaxa (2013) Swedish Taxonomic Database. Accessed at www.dyntaxa.se [15-01-2013].
additional source	Hayward, P.J.; Ryland, J.S. (Ed.) (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK. ISBN 0-19-857356-1. 627 pp.

Genbank

Taxonomy

CLEMAM
WoRMS

External Links

Barcode of Life (3 barcodes)
Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
Marine Life Information Network - UK
USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
GBIF

Citation

Houart, R.; Gofas, S. (2014). Ocenebra erinaceus (Linnaeus, 1758). In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:140405