Ocenebra erinaceus

Ocenebra erinaceus
A shell of Ocenebra erinaceus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Muricidae
Genus:	Ocenebra
Species:	O. erinaceus
Binomial name
Ocenebra erinaceus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Ocenebra erinaceus, common name the European sting winkle, is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Muricidae, the murex and rock snails. Also known as the oyster drill, it is a pest in oyster beds.

The name Ocenebra erinaceus is the accepted name according to the database World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), ^[1] and the name is also accepted as valid by the ICZN (Op. 886) ^[2]

Description

The size of the shell varies between 8 mm and 65 mm. The shell has four to seven varicose, nodulous, encircled by prominent cord-like, raised ribs. These are alternately smaller, the smaller ones minutely scabrous. The varices are sometimes frondose, sometimes lamellated, occasionally appressed. Occasionally the larger revolving ribs thickly overlap the varices, forming a succession of elongated nodules The color of the shell is yellowish-brown and whitish within. ^[3]

Distribution

This marine species occurs in European waters from Norway to the Black Sea; in the Atlantic Ocean off the Azores and Madeira

Ocenebra erinaceus torosa

Synonyms

• Cenebra erinacea
• Murex bicristatus Risso, 1826
• Murex cinguliferus Lamarck, 1822
• Murex duthiersiVelain, 1877
• Murex erinaceus Linnaeus, 1758 (original combination)
  • Murex erinaceus var. amirrusde Gregorio, 1885
  • Murex erinaceus var. benisafiensis Koch in Pallary, 1900
  • Murex erinaceus var. conspersaDautzenberg, 1887
  • Murex erinaceus var. depauperataDautzenberg, 1887
  • Murex erinaceus var. fasciataDautzenberg, 1887
  • Murex erinaceus var. fuscaDautzenberg, 1887
  • Murex erinaceus var. majorDautzenberg, 1920
  • Murex erinaceus var. muticaDautzenberg & Durouchoux, 1913
  • Murex erinaceus var. sculptaJeffreys, 1867
  • Murex erinaceus var. thersitesCoen, 1933
  • Murex erinaceus var. triquetraCoen, 1933
  • Murex erinaceus var. venetianade Gregorio in Coen, 1933
  • Murex erinaceus var. viriditinctaDautzenberg & Fischer, 1925
• Murex hanleyiDautzenberg, 1887
• Murex imbricatusChiereghini in Nardo, 1847
• Murex labiosusChiereghini in Nardo, 1847
• Murex orbignyanus Risso, 1826
• Murex pirotectusde Gregorio, 1885
• Murex tarantinus Lamarck, 1822
• Murex triquetra Risso, 1826
• Murex ungulatusChiereghini in Nardo, 1847
  • Ocenebra erinaceus elongatusSettepassi, 1970
  • Ocenebra erinaceus var. africanusSettepassi, 1970
  • Ocenebra erinaceus var. algerianusSettepassi, 1970
  • Ocenebra erinaceus var. candidaDautzenberg, 1894
  • Ocenebra erinaceus var. carneolaDautzenberg & Durouchoux, 1913
  • Ocenebra erinaceus var. dilatatusSettepassi, 1970
  • Ocenebra erinaceus var. foliosaMonterosato in Coen, 1914
  • Ocenebra erinaceus var. ibericusSettepassi, 1970
  • Ocenebra erinaceus var. neglectusSettepassi, 1970
  • Ocenebra erinaceus var. pagodulinusSettepassi, 1970
  • Ocenebra erinaceus var. productaDautzenberg & Durouchoux, 1913
  • Ocenebra erinaceus var. solidus Settepassi, 1970
  • Ocenebra erinaceus var. squamulosusPhilippi in Settepassi, 1970
  • Ocenebra gibbosus var. acuminatusSettepassi, 1970
  • Ocenebra gibbosus var. compositusSettepassi, 1970
  • Ocenebra gibbosus var. elongatusSettepassi, 1970
• Ocinebra labiosus(Chiereghini in Nardo, 1847)
  • Ocinebra labiosus var. fasciataCoen, 1933
• Purpura congenerRoding, 1798
• Purpura senegallaRoding, 1798
• Tritonalia chicoroidesCoen, 1947
• Tritonalia erinaceus(Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Tritonalia erinaceus var. clathrata Coen, 1947
• Tritonalia humilisCoen, 1947
• Tritonalia lampusiopsisCoen, 1947
• Tritonalia mercaensisCoen, 1947
• Tritonalia rejectaMonterosato in Coen, 1947
• Tritonalia rotundaCoen, 1947
• Tritonalia ruscurianaMonterosato in Coen, 1947

References

1. WoRMS : Ocenebra erinaceus
2. Backeljau, T. (1986). Lijst van de recente mariene mollusken van België [List of the recent marine molluscs of Belgium]. Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen: Brussels, Belgium. 106 pp.
3. G.W. Tryon (1880) Manual of Conchology II, Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia

• Linné C. von, 1758: Systema Naturae. Editio decima. 1. Regnum Animale Holmiae, Laurentii Salvii iv + 824 p.
• Röding P. F., 1798: Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus Cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturae quae olim collegerat Joa. Fried. Bolten M. D. p. d. pars secunda continens Conchylia sive Testacea univalvia, bivalvia et multivalvia pp. VIII + 199
• Lamarck ([J.-B. M.] de), 1815-1822: Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres; Paris [vol. 5: Paris, Deterville/Verdière] [vol. 6 published by the Author] 7 vol. [I molluschi sono compresi nei vol. 5-7. Vol. 5 (Les Conchiferes): 612 pp. [25 luglio 1818]. Vol. 6 (1) (Suite): 343 pp. [1819]. Vol. 6 (2) (Suite): 232 pp. [1822]. Vol. 7: (Suite): 711 pp. [1822]]
• Risso A., 1826-1827: Histoire naturelle des principales productions de l'Europe Méridionale et particulièrement de celles des environs de Nice et des Alpes Maritimes; Paris, Levrault Vol. 1: XII + 448 + 1 carta [1826]. Vol. 2: VII + 482 + 8 pl. (fiori) [novembre 1827]. Vol. 3: XVI + 480 + 14 pl. (pesci) [settembre 1827]. Vol. 4: IV + 439 + 12 pl. (molluschi) [novembre 1826]. Vol. 5: VIII + 400 + 10 pl. (altri invertebrati) [Novembre 1827]
• Nardo D., 1847: Sinonimia moderna delle specie registrate nell’opera intitolata: Descrizione de’Crostacei, de’Testacei e de’Pesci che abitano le Lagune e Golfo Veneto, rappresentati in figure, a chiaroscuro ed a colori dall’ Abate Stefano Chiereghini Ven. Clodiense applicata per commissione governativa Venezia pp. i-xi, 1-127
• Jeffreys J. G., 1862-1869: British Conchology; London, van Voorst Vol. 1: pp. CXIV + 341 [1862]. Vol. 2: pp. 479 [1864] Il frontrespizio reca la data 1863 ma in effetti pubblicato nel 1864. Vol. 3: pp. 394 [1865]. Vol. 4: pp. 487 [1867]. Vol. 5: pp. 259 [1869]
• Dautzenberg P., 1887: Une excursion malacologique à Saint-Lunaire (Ille-et-Vilaine) et aux environs de cette localité; Bulletin de la Société d'études scientifiques de Paris 9(2), 27 pp.
• Pallary P., 1900: Coquilles marines du littoral du Département d'Oran; Journal de Conchyliologie 48 (3): 211-422, pl. 6-8
• Dautzenberg P. & Durouchoux P., 1913-1914: Les mollusques de la baie de Saint-Malo; Feuille des Jeunes Naturalistes 43-44 (Suppl.): 1-64, pl. 1-4
• Coen G., 1943: Revisione delle varietà della Tritonalia erinaceus. Monografia sul Murex (Bolinus) brandaris. Nuovi gruppi e specie di gasteropodi. Sul gruppo Pseudofusus Mts. 1884. Sulla Charonia seguenzae; Acta Pontifica Academia Scientiarum 7(1): 40-41
• Settepassi F., 1970: Atlante Malacologico. Molluschi marini viventi nel Mediterraneo, volume I; Museo di Zoologia, Roma

External links

• "Ocenebra erinaceus". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.