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Ocenebra erinaceus

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae

Taxonomy
Murex erinaceus was named by Linnaeus (1758). It is extant.

It was recombined as Ocenebra erinacea by Silva (2001); it was recombined as Ocenebra erinaceus by Landau et al. (2007).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
O. beta, O. cazeuxi, O. chavesi, O. danconai, O. japonica, O. luridus, O. tethys

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
No diagnoses are available