WoRMS taxon details
Ocenebrinae Cossmann, 1903
225324 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:225324)
accepted
Subfamily
Ecphorinae Petuch, 1988 † · unaccepted
Nucellidae A. E. Salisbury, 1940 · unaccepted
Tritonaliinae Korobkov, 1955 · unaccepted (invalid: type genus placed on the...)
invalid: type genus placed on the Official Index by ICZN Opinion 886.
Trophoninae Cossmann, 1903 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
- Genus Acanthina Fischer von Waldheim, 1807
- Genus Acanthinucella A. H. Cooke, 1918
- Genus Africanella Vermeij & Houart, 1999
- Genus Afritrophon Tomlin, 1947
- Genus Anatrophon Iredale, 1929
- Genus Austrotrophon Dall, 1902
- Genus Benthoxystus Iredale, 1929
- Genus Calcitrapessa S. S. Berry, 1959
- Genus Ceratostoma Herrmannsen, 1846
- Genus Chicocenebra Bouchet & Houart, 1996
- Genus Chorus J. E. Gray, 1847
- Genus Conchatalos Houart, 1995
- Genus Coronium Simone, 1996
- Genus Crassilabrum Jousseaume, 1880
- Genus Enatimene Iredale, 1929
- Genus Eupleura H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853
- Genus Forreria Jousseaume, 1880
- Genus Fuegotrophon A. W. B. Powell, 1951
- Genus Gemixystus Iredale, 1929
- Genus Genkaimurex Kuroda, 1953
- Genus Gracilipurpura Jousseaume, 1880
- Genus Inermicosta Jousseaume, 1880
- Genus Jaton Pusch, 1837
- Genus Leptotrophon Houart, 1995
- Genus Litozamia Iredale, 1929
- Genus Mexacanthina Marko & Vermeij, 1999
- Genus Minyzamia Houart, 2026
- Genus Muregina Vermeij, 1998
- Genus Nipponotrophon Kuroda & T. Habe, 1971
- Genus Nucella Röding, 1798
- Genus Ocenebra Leach, 1847
- Genus Ocenotrophon J. H. McLean, 1995
- Genus Ocinebrellus Jousseaume, 1880
- Genus Ocinebrina Jousseaume, 1880
- Genus Paciocinebrina Houart, Vermeij & Wiedrick, 2019
- Genus Poropteron Jousseaume, 1880
- Genus Pteropurpura Jousseaume, 1880
- Genus Pterorytis Conrad, 1863
- Genus Roperia Dall, 1898
- Genus Scabrotrophon J. H. McLean, 1996
- Genus Trochia Swainson, 1840
- Genus Tromina Dall, 1918
- Genus Trophon Montfort, 1810
- Genus Urosalpinx W. Stimpson, 1865
- Genus Vaughtia Houart, 1995
- Genus Vokesinotus Petuch, 1988
- Genus Warenia Houart, Vermeij & Wiedrick, 2019
- Genus Xanthochorus P. Fischer, 1884
- Genus Xenotrophon Iredale, 1929
- Genus Zacatrophon Hertlein & A. M. Strong, 1951
- Genus Adriania del Prete, 1883 accepted as Gracilipurpura Jousseaume, 1880 (unaccepted > junior objective synonym)
- Genus Apixystus Iredale, 1929 accepted as Gemixystus Iredale, 1929 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Centrifuga U. S. Grant & Gale, 1931 accepted as Pteropurpura Jousseaume, 1880 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Cerastoma [sic] accepted as Cerostoma Conrad, 1837 accepted as Ceratostoma Herrmannsen, 1846 (misspelling of genus)
- Genus Cerostoma Conrad, 1837 accepted as Ceratostoma Herrmannsen, 1846 (invalid: junior homonym of Cerostoma Latreille, 1802 [Lepidoptera]; Ceratostoma is an emendation )
- Genus Dentocenebra Monterosato, 1917 accepted as Ocenebra Leach, 1847 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Hadriania Bucquoy & Dautzenberg, 1882 accepted as Gracilipurpura Jousseaume, 1880 (unaccepted > junior objective synonym)
- Genus Hanetia Jousseaume, 1880 accepted as Urosalpinx W. Stimpson, 1865 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Jatova Jousseaume, 1880 accepted as Jaton Pusch, 1837 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Kalydon F. W. Hutton, 1883 accepted as Xymene Iredale, 1915 (Invalid: Placed on the Official Index by ICZN Opinion 911)
- Genus Monoceros Lamarck, 1816 accepted as Acanthina Fischer von Waldheim, 1807 (Invalid: junior homonym of Monoceros Lacépède, 1798 [Pisces] and others)
- Genus Muricidea Swainson, 1840 accepted as Trophon Montfort, 1810 (unaccepted > junior objective synonym)
- Genus Ocenebrina Cossmann, 1903 accepted as Ocinebrina Jousseaume, 1880 (invalid: unjustified emendation of Ocinebrina)
- Genus Ocinebra [sic] accepted as Ocenebra Leach, 1847 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling, incorrect subsequent spelling)
- Genus Polyplex G. Perry, 1810 accepted as Trophon Montfort, 1810 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Polytropa Swainson, 1840 accepted as Nucella Röding, 1798 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Polytropalicus Rovereto, 1899 accepted as Nucella Röding, 1798 (unnecessary substitute name for Polytropa Swainson, 1840, by Rovereto treated as a junior homonym of Polytrypes Defrance, 1826)
- Genus Pterorhytis [sic] accepted as Pterorytis Conrad, 1863 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
- Genus Rudolpha Schumacher, 1817 accepted as Acanthina Fischer von Waldheim, 1807 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Shaskyus J. Q. Burch & G. B. Campbell, 1963 accepted as Pteropurpura Jousseaume, 1880 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Spinostoma Coen, 1947 accepted as Ceratostoma Herrmannsen, 1846 (unaccepted > unavailable name, not available: no type species designated)
- Genus Stramonitrophon A. W. B. Powell, 1951 accepted as Trophon Montfort, 1810 (synonym)
- Genus Ternaria Coen, 1943 accepted as Pteropurpura (Ocinebrellus) Jousseaume, 1880 accepted as Ocinebrellus Jousseaume, 1880 (not available: no type species designated)
- Genus Tritonalia J. Fleming, 1828 accepted as Ocenebra Leach, 1847 (unaccepted > junior objective synonym, Invalid: placed on the Official Index by ICZN Opinion 886)
- Genus Unicornus Montfort, 1810 accepted as Acanthina Fischer von Waldheim, 1807 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
marine, brackish
Cossmann, M. (1903). Essais de paléoconchologie comparée. Cinquième livraison. Paris, The author and de Rudeval. 215 pp., 9 pls., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36704039
page(s): 10 [details]
page(s): 10 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Ocenebrinae Cossmann, 1903. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=225324 on 2026-03-10
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Nomenclature
original description
Cossmann, M. (1903). Essais de paléoconchologie comparée. Cinquième livraison. Paris, The author and de Rudeval. 215 pp., 9 pls., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36704039
page(s): 10 [details]
original description (of Trophoninae Cossmann, 1903) Cossmann, M. (1903). Essais de paléoconchologie comparée. Cinquième livraison. Paris, The author and de Rudeval. 215 pp., 9 pls., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36704039
page(s): 10 [details]
original description (of Tritonaliinae Korobkov, 1955) Korobkov I.A. (1955). <i>Spravochnik i metodicheskoe rukovodstvo po tretichnym molliuskam. Briukhonogie.</i> [= A handbook and methodical guide to Tertiary molluscs. Gastropoda]. <em>Leningrad: Gostoptekhizdat.</em> 795 pp.
page(s): 295 [details]
original description (of Ecphorinae Petuch, 1988 †) Petuch, E. J. (1988). New species of <i>Ecphora</i> and ecphorine thaidids from the Miocene of Chesapeake Bay, Maryland, U.S.A. <em>Bulletin of Paleomalacology.</em> 1(1): 1-16.
page(s): 4 [details]
basis of record Houart, R. (2024). <i>Living Muricidae of the world. Ocenebrinae</i>. Harxheim: ConchBooks. 238 pp. [details]
page(s): 10 [details]
original description (of Trophoninae Cossmann, 1903) Cossmann, M. (1903). Essais de paléoconchologie comparée. Cinquième livraison. Paris, The author and de Rudeval. 215 pp., 9 pls., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36704039
page(s): 10 [details]
original description (of Tritonaliinae Korobkov, 1955) Korobkov I.A. (1955). <i>Spravochnik i metodicheskoe rukovodstvo po tretichnym molliuskam. Briukhonogie.</i> [= A handbook and methodical guide to Tertiary molluscs. Gastropoda]. <em>Leningrad: Gostoptekhizdat.</em> 795 pp.
page(s): 295 [details]
original description (of Ecphorinae Petuch, 1988 †) Petuch, E. J. (1988). New species of <i>Ecphora</i> and ecphorine thaidids from the Miocene of Chesapeake Bay, Maryland, U.S.A. <em>Bulletin of Paleomalacology.</em> 1(1): 1-16.
page(s): 4 [details]
basis of record Houart, R. (2024). <i>Living Muricidae of the world. Ocenebrinae</i>. Harxheim: ConchBooks. 238 pp. [details]
Taxonomy
status source
Russini, V.; Fassio, G.; Nocella, E.; Houart, R.; Barco, A.; Puillandre, N.; Lozouet, P.; Modica, M. V.; Oliverio, M. (2023). Whelks, rock-snails, and allied: a new phylogenetic framework for the family Muricidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). <em>The European Zoological Journal.</em> 90(2): 856-868., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/24750263.2023.2283517 [details]
Other
additional source
Barco, A.; Herbert, G.; Houart, R.; Fassio, G. & Oliverio, M. (2017). A molecular phylogenetic framework for the subfamily Ocenebrinae (Gastropoda, Muricidae). <em>Zoologica Scripta.</em> 46 (3): 322-335., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/zsc.12219 [details] Available for editors 
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| Japanese | ヨウラクガイ亜科ツノオリイレガイ亜科 [from synonym] | [details] |
