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Ocenebra erinaceus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Ocenebra erinaceus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Juvenile specimen from La Goulette, Tunisia (among algae 0-1 m, 22.06.2008), actual size 10.4 mm

AphiaID

140405 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:140405)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Ocenebra Leach, 1847

Original name

Murex erinaceus Linnaeus, 1758

Environment

marine

Original description

(of ) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 743 [details] Available for editors

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Ocenebra erinaceus (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: Rees, H.; Cochrane, S.J.; Craeymeersch, J.A.; de Kluijver, M.; Degraer, S.; Desroy, N.; Dewarumez, J.-M.; Duineveld, G.; Essink, K.; Hillewaert, H.; Kilbride, R.; Kröncke, I.; Nehmer, P.; Rachor, E.; Reiss, H.; Robertson, M.; Rumohr, H.; Vanden Berghe, E.; Van Hoey, G. (Eds.) (2021) North Sea Benthos Project (NSBP) at: https://vliz.be/vmdcdata/nsbp/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=140405 on 2025-05-04

Thematic species database citation

Rees, H.; Cochrane, S.J.; Craeymeersch, J.A.; de Kluijver, M.; Degraer, S.; Desroy, N.; Dewarumez, J.-M.; Duineveld, G.; Essink, K.; Hillewaert, H.; Kilbride, R.; Kröncke, I.; Nehmer, P.; Rachor, E.; Reiss, H.; Robertson, M.; Rumohr, H.; Vanden Berghe, E.; Van Hoey, G. (Eds.) (2025). North Sea Benthos Project (NSBP). Ocenebra erinaceus (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed at: https://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/nsbp./aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=140405 on 2025-05-04

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Gofas, Serge

2009-06-18 10:13:42Z

changed

Houart, Roland

[taxonomic tree]

original description (of ) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 743 [details] Available for editors

basis of record Houart, R. (2024). Living Muricidae of the world. Ocenebrinae. Harxheim: ConchBooks. 238 pp.
page(s): 60, textfigs 3F, 4D, 11C-E, 19D-E; pls 46A-S, 47A-F [details]

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. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors