Ocenebrinae
Ocenebrinae is a taxonomic subfamily of predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks. This subfamily is within the large family Muricidae, which are commonly known as the murex and rock snails.
| Ocenebrinae | |
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| A live individual of Ceratostoma foliatum, head end towards the lower left | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Muricidae |
| Subfamily: | Ocenebrinae Cossmann, 1903 |
| Genera | |
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| Synonyms | |
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Nucellidae Salisbury, 1940 | |
In one other version of current gastropod taxonomy, three of these genera are grouped by themselves in a small subfamily called Haustrinae.
Genera
Genera within the subfamily Ocenebrinae include:
- Acanthina
- Acanthinucella
- Africanella
- Agnewia
- Austrotrophon Dall, 1902
- Calcitrapessa
- Ceratostoma
- Chicocenebra
- Chorus
- Crassilabrum
- Eupleura
- Favartia
- Forreria
- Genkaimurex
- Hadriania
- Haustrum
- Inermicosta
- Jaton
- Lepsiella
- Lepsithais
- Mexacanthina Marko & Vermeij, 1999
- Muregina Vermeij, 1998
- Muricopsis
- Namamurex
- Neothais
- Nucella
- Ocenebra
- Ocenotrophon McLean, 1995
- Ocinebrina
- Pteropurpura
- Pterotyphis
- Pterorytis Conrad, 1863
- Roperia
- Trachypollia
- Trochia Swainson, 1840
- Tritoniformis
- Urosalpinx
- Vaughtia
- Vitularia
- Xanthochorus P. Fischer, 1884
- Zacatrophon Hertlein & Strong, 1951
Fossil genera:
- Gener a brought into synonymy
- Hanetia: synonym of Urosalpinx Stimpson, 1865
- Microrhytis: synonym of Ceratostoma Herrmannsen, 1846
- Ocinebrellus: synonym of Pteropurpura Jousseaume, 1880
- Poropteron: synonym of Pteropurpura Jousseaume, 1880
- Shaskyus: synonym of Pteropurpura Jousseaume, 1880
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