Biology:Ocinebrellus

Short description: Genus of gastropods

Ocinebrellus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Muricoidea
Family:	Muricidae
Subfamily:	Ocenebrinae
Genus:	Ocinebrellus Jousseaume, 1880
Type species
Murex eurypteron Reeve, 1845
Synonyms
Ocenebra (Ocinebrellus) Jousseaume, 1880 Pteropurpura (Ocinebrellus) Jousseaume, 1880 Ternaria Coen, 1943 (not available: no type species designated)

Ocinebrellus is a genus of predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Ocenebrinae of the family Muricidae, the murex and rock snails.

Species

• Ocinebrellus acanthophorus (A. Adams, 1863)
• Ocinebrellus falcatus (G. B. Sowerby II, 1834)
• Ocinebrellus inornatus (Récluz, 1851)
• Ocinebrellus lumarius (Yokoyama, 1926)

Species brought into synonymy

• Ocinebrellus aduncus (G. B. Sowerby II, 1834): synonym of Ocinebrellus falcatus (G. B. Sowerby II, 1834)
• Ocinebrellus eurypteron (Reeve, 1845): synonym of Ocinebrellus falcatus (G. B. Sowerby II, 1834)

References

• Récluz, C., 1851. Description de quelques coquilles nouvelles. Journal de Conchyliologie 2: 195-216
• Crosse, H., 1862. Description d'espèces nouvelles recueillis par M. G. Cuming dans le nord de la Chine. Journal de Conchyliologie 10: 51-57
• Fischer-Piette, E., 1950. Listes des types décrits dans le Journal de Conchyliologie et conservés dans la collection de ce journal. Journal de Conchyliologie 90: 8-23

External links

• Jousseaume, F. P. (1880). Division méthodique de la famille des Purpuridés. Le Naturaliste. 2(42): 335-338
• Barco, A.; Herbert, G.; Houart, R.; Fassio, G. & Oliverio, M. (2017). A molecular phylogenetic framework for the subfamily Ocenebrinae (Gastropoda, Muricidae). Zoologica Scripta. 46 (3): 322-335

Wikidata ☰ Q10606599 entry