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Ocenebrinae

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1903Ocenebrinae Cossmann
1988Ocenebrinae Petuch p. 57
1997Ocenebrinae DeVries and Vermeij p. 610
2003Ocenebrinae DeVries p. 333
2004Ocenebrinae Harzhauser p. 135
2005Ocenebrinae Bouchet et al. p. 255
2005Ocenebrinae DeVries p. 165
2010Ocenebrinae Landau and Marques da Silva p. 66

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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
subfamilyOcenebrinaeCossmann 1903
subfamilyOcenebrinaeCossmann 1903

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.

Subfm. Ocenebrinae Cossmann 1903
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G. Acanthina Fischer de Waldheim 1807 [unicorn]
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†Acanthina katzi Fleming 1972
Acanthina monodon Pallas 1974
†Acanthina obesa DeVries 2003
Acanthina paucilirata Stearns 1871 [checkered unicorn]
†Acanthina perrini Trask 1922
†Acanthina rugosa DeVries 2003
†Acanthina triangularis DeVries 2003
Acanthina unicornis Bruguiére 1789
G. †Califostoma Bean and Vermeij 2016
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†Califostoma rotundivaricosum Bean and Vermeij 2016
†Califostoma turris Nomland 1916
G. †Carhuaspina DeVries 2005
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†Carhuaspina comotrana DeVries 2005
G. Crassilabrum Jousseaume 1880
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†Crassilabrum crassilabrum Sowerby 1834
G. Eupleura Adams and Adams 1853
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†Eupleura curta Arnold 1903
†Eupleura engerrabunda Herbert 2005
†Eupleura gravidentata Herbert 2005
†Eupleura harbisoni Richards 1943
†Eupleura kugleri Jung 1965
†Eupleura lehneri Jung 1969
†Eupleura leonensis Mansfield 1930
Eupleura limata Dall 1890
Eupleura muriciformis Broderip 1833
Eupleura nitida Broderip 1833
†Eupleura olssoni Vokes 1989
†Eupleura paroudia Herbert 2005
Eupleura pectinata Hinds 1844
†Eupleura perangulata Nomland 1916
Eupleura plicata Reeve 1844
Eupleura prenitida Vokes 1989
†Eupleura thompsoni Woodring 1959
Eupleura triquetra Reeve 1844
†Eupleura urbinai DeVries 2005
Eupleura vokesorum Herbert 2005
G. Forreria Jousseaume 1880
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Forreria belcheri Hinds 1843 [Belcher's murex]
†Forreria belcheri avita Nomland 1917
†Forreria cancellaroides Arnold 1909
†Forreria carisaensis Anderson 1905
†Forreria coalingense Arnold 1909
†Forreria emersoni Addicott 1970
†Forreria magister Nomland 1916
G. †Herminespina DeVries and Vermeij 1997
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†Herminespina mirabilis Möricke 1896
†Herminespina philippi Möricke 1896
†Herminespina saskiae DeVries and Vermeij 1997
G. †Jsowerbya Merle 2004
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†Jsowerbya auversiensis Deshayes 1865
†Jsowerbya sexdentatus Sowerby 1823
G. †Kestocenebra Vermeij 1998
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†Kestocenebra curvicosta Grateloup 1840
G. †Mariasalpinx Petuch 1988
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†Mariasalpinx emilyae Petuch 1988
G. Muregina Vermeij 1998
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†Muregina carlosmithi DeVries 2005
Muregina lugubris Broderip 1833
†Muregina marijkeae DeVries 2005
G. Pterorytis Conrad 1862
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†Pterorytis pacanana DeVries 2005
†Pterorytis roxaneae Petuch 1994
Pterorytis umbrifer Conrad 1832
G. †Pterynopsis Vokes 1972
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†Pterynopsis meridionalis Lozouet 1999
G. †Tactilispina DeVries 2005
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†Tactilispina vermeiji DeVries 2005
G. Urosalpinx Stimpson 1865
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†Urosalpinx coombsi Durham 1944
†Urosalpinx cossmanni Ortmann 1900
†Urosalpinx curtansata Tate 1888
Urosalpinx haneti Petit 1856
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Invalid names: Urosalpinx rushii Pilsbry 1897 [synonym]
†Urosalpinx hannibali Dickerson 1915
†Urosalpinx kirbyi Clark 1938
†Urosalpinx rusticus Conrad 1839
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Invalid names: Ocinebra michaeli Ford 1888 [synonym], Pteropurpura waldorfensis Arnold 1907 [synonym]
†Urosalpinx subrusticus d'Orbigny 1852
Invalid names: Zulloia Petuch 1994 [synonym]
G. †Vokesinotus Petuch 1988
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†Vokesinotus lepidotus Dall 1890
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
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: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Danian to the top of the Holocene or 66.00000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 61.66 Ma

Collections (439 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Danian66.0 - 61.66USA (Texas) Eupleura morula (85315)
Selandian61.66 - 59.24USA (Alabama) Eupleura morula (2918 86172 86173 86180 86181 86182 205452)
Selandian61.66 - 59.24Denmark Urosalpinx pyruloides (35263 35264 35265 35266 35267)
Lutetian - Bartonian48.07 - 37.71USA (Alabama) Eupleura sp. (205420)
Middle Eocene48.07 - 37.71USA (California) Urosalpinx kirbyi (191188)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71France Murex auversiensus (78567)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71France (Oise) Muricopsis auversiensis (3494)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71USA (Washington) Urosalpinx hannibali (52204 52205 139020 207129) Urosalpinx merriami (201126)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71USA (Alabama) Urosalpinx sp. (205438)
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9United Kingdom (England) Murex sexdentatus (39662)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9USA (Washington) Urosalpinx coombsi (91606 91607) Urosalpinx n. sp. (40733)
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3Greece Pterynopsis meridionalis (74630)
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3Germany Pterynopsis tristichus (95898)
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3USA (Mississippi) Urosalpinx aspinosus (5787 74081 74083)
Late/Upper Oligocene27.3 - 23.04Peru Acanthina katzi (80480)
Late/Upper Oligocene27.3 - 23.04USA (North Carolina) Eupleura harbisoni (71652)
Chattian - Aquitanian27.3 - 20.45USA (Florida) Urosalpinx hillsboroensis (61051) Urosalpinx inornata (60985 61045 61070)
Late/Upper Oligocene - Early/Lower Miocene27.3 - 15.98Argentina (Santa Cruz) Urosalpinx cossmanni (48068)
Aquitanian23.04 - 20.45France Kestocenebra striaeformis (74861)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Chile Acanthina katzi (89189) Acanthina sp. (78522)