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 <small>Fischer von Waldheim, 1807</small>
- Acanthinucella <small>A. H. Cooke, 1918</small>
- Africanella <small>Vermeij & Houart, 1999</small>
- â Argenthina <small>G. S. Herbert & del Rio, 2005</small>
- Austrotrophon <small>Dall, 1902</small>
- Calcitrapessa <small>S. S. Berry, 1959</small>
- â Califostoma <small>J. R. Bean & Vermeij, 2016</small>
- â Carhuaspina <small>DeVries, 2005</small>
- Ceratostoma <small>Herrmannsen, 1846</small>
- Chicocenebra <small>Bouchet & Houart, 1996</small>
- Chorus <small>Bouchet & Houart, 1996</small>
- Chorus giganteus
- Crassilabrum <small>Jousseaume, 1880</small>
- Eupleura <small>H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853</small>
- â Fenolignum <small>Vermeij & E. H. Vokes, 1997</small>
- Forreria <small>Jousseaume, 1880</small>
- Genkaimurex <small>Kuroda, 1953</small>
- Gracilipurpura <small>Jousseaume, 1880</small>
- Hadriania <small>Bucquoy & Dautzenberg, 1882</small>: synonym of Gracilipurpura <small>Jousseaume, 1880</small>
- â Herminespina <small>DeVries & Vermeij, 1997</small>
- â Heteropurpura <small>Jousseaume, 1880</small>
- Inermicosta <small>Jousseaume, 1880</small>
- Jaton <small>Pusch, 1837</small>
- â Jsowerbya <small>Merle, 2005</small>
- â Lyropurpura <small>Jousseaume, 1880</small>
- Mexacanthina Marko & Vermeij, 1999
- â Miocenebra <small>E. H. Vokes, 1963</small>
- Muregina <small>Vermeij, 1998</small>
- â Namamurex <small>A. Carrington & B. F. Kensley</small>
- Nucella <small>Röding, 1798</small>
- Ocenebra <small>Gray, 1847</small>
- Ocenotrophon <small>McLean, 1995</small>
- Ocinebrellus <small>Jousseaume, 1880</small>
- Ocinebrina <small>Jousseaume, 1880</small>
- Paciocinebrina <small>Houart, Vermeij & Wiedrick, 2019</small>
- Poropteron <small>Jousseaume, 1880</small>
- Pteropurpura <small>Jousseaume, 1880</small>
- Pterorytis <small>Conrad, 1863</small>
- â Pterynopsis <small>E. H. Vokes, 1972</small>
- Roperia <small>Dall, 1898</small>
- â Spinucella <small>Vermeij, 1993</small>
- â Tactilispina <small>DeVries, 2005</small>
- Trochia <small>Swainson, 1840</small>
- Urosalpinx <small>W. Stimpson, 1865</small>
- Vaughtia <small>Houart, 1995</small>
- Vokesinotus <small>Petuch, 1988</small>
- Xanthochorus <small>P. Fischer, 1884</small>
- Zacatrophon <small>Hertlein & Strong, 1951</small>
Fossil genera:
Gener a brought into synonymy:
- Antimurex <small>Cossmann, 1903</small>: synonym of Crassilabrum <small>Jousseaume, 1880</small>
- Centrifuga <small>U. S. Grant & Gale, 1931</small>: synonym of Pteropurpura <small>Jousseaume, 1880</small>
- Cerastoma [sic]: synonym of Cerostoma Conrad, 1837: synonym of Ceratostoma <small>Herrmannsen, 1846</small> (misspelling of genus)
- Cerostoma <small>Conrad, 1837</small>: synonym of Ceratostoma <small>Herrmannsen, 1846</small> (invalid: junior homonym of Cerostoma <small>Latreille, 1802</small> [Lepidoptera]; Ceratostoma is an emendation )
- Dentocenebra <small>Monterosato, 1917</small>: synonym of Ocenebra <small>Gray, 1847</small>
- Hanetia: synonym of Urosalpinx <small>Stimpson, 1865</small>
- Jatova <small>Jousseaume, 1880</small>: synonym of Jaton <small>Pusch, 1837</small>
- Microrhytis: synonym of Ceratostoma <small>Herrmannsen, 1846</small>
- Monoceros <small>Lamarck, 1809</small>: synonym of Acanthina <small>Fischer von Waldheim, 1807</small> (Invalid: junior homonym of Monoceros <small>Lacépède, 1798</small> [Pisces] and others)
- Neurarhytis <small>Olsson & Harbison, 1953</small>: synonym of Pterorytis <small>Conrad, 1863</small>
- Ocenebrina <small>Cossmann, 1903</small>: synonym of Ocinebrina <small>Jousseaume, 1880</small> (invalid: unjustified emendation of Ocinebrina)
- Ocinebra <small>Leach, 1852</small>: synonym of Ocenebra <small>Gray, 1847</small> (incorrect subsequent spelling)
- Polytropa <small>Swainson, 1840</small>: synonym of Nucella <small>Röding, 1798</small> (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Polytropalicus <small>Rovereto, 1899</small>: synonym of Nucella <small>Röding, 1798</small>
- Ocinebrellus: synonym of Pteropurpura <small>Jousseaume, 1880</small>
- Poropteron: synonym of Pteropurpura <small>Jousseaume, 1880</small>
- Rudolpha <small>Schumacher, 1817</small>: synonym of Acanthina <small>Fischer von Waldheim, 1807</small>
- Shaskyus: synonym of Pteropurpura <small>Jousseaume, 1880</small>
- Spinostoma <small>Coen, 1943</small>: synonym of Ceratostoma <small>Herrmannsen, 1846</small>
- Ternaria <small>Coen, 1943</small>: synonym of Pteropurpura (Ocinebrellus) <small>Jousseaume, 1880</small>: synonym of Ocinebrellus <small>Jousseaume, 1880</small> (not available: no type species designated)
- Tritonalia <small>J. Fleming, 1828</small>: synonym of Ocenebra Gray, 1847 (Invalid: placed on the Official Index by ICZN Opinion 886)
- Unicornus <small>Montfort, 1810</small>: synonym of Acanthina <small>Fischer von Waldheim, 1807</small>
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