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Ocenebra erinaceus

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Murex erinaceus Linnaeus
1848Murex erinaceus Wood p. 39
2001Ocenebra erinacea Silva p. 347
2007Ocenebra erinaceus Landau et al. p. 26

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
RankNameAuthor
Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorderLatrogastropodaRiedel 2000
orderNeogastropodaThiele 1929
superfamilyMuricoideade Costa 1776
familyMuricidaeRafinesque 1815
genusOcenebraLeach in Gray 1847
specieserinaceus()

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Ocenebra erinaceus Linnaeus 1758
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Diagnosis
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Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: carnivoref
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 08:22:24
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:22:24
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Zanclean to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 5.33300 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (15 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Spain Ocenebra erinaceus (80564)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Italy Murex erinaceus (72303)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Spain Ocenebra erinaceus (80562)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Italy (Emilia-Romagna) Ocenebra erinacea (178117)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Italy Ocenebra erinaceus (78312)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117United Kingdom (England) Murex erinaceus (84760 84833)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Ireland Ocenebra erinacea (178118)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Morocco Murex erinaceus (127571 127580)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Morocco Murex erinaceus (127594 127595 127599)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Netherlands Ocenebra erinacea (98199 98205)