Ocenebrinae

Ocenebrinae
A live individual of Ceratostoma foliatum, head end towards the lower left
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Muricoidea
Family:	Muricidae
Subfamily:	Ocenebrinae Cossmann, 1903
Genera
See text
Synonyms
Nucellidae Salisbury, 1940

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.

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
  • Chorus giganteus
• 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:

• Ecphora

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

References

• NZ mollusca