Ocenebra hispidula

Ocenebra hispidula
Shell of Ocenebra hispidula (syntype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Muricidae
Genus:	Ocenebra
Species:	O. hispidula
Binomial name
Ocenebra hispidula (Pallary, 1904)
Synonyms
Murex acanthophorusMonterosato, 1875 Murex erroneusMonterosato in Poirier, 1883 Muricopsis erroneusMonterosato in Settepassi, 1977 Muricopsis hispidula(Pallary, 1904) Muricopsis hispidulus(Pallary, 1904) Muricopsis personatusMonterosato in Settepassi, 1977 Ocenebra erronea(Monterosato in Poirier, 1883) Ocinebrina edwardsi var. albinaPallary, 1906 Ocinebrina edwardsi var. cinctaPallary, 1906 Ocinebrina edwardsi var. hispidulaPallary, 1904 Ocinebrina edwardsi var. muticaPallary, 1906 Ocinebrina erronea(Settepassi, 1977) Ocinebrina hispidula(Pallary, 1904)

Ocenebra hispidula is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropodmollusk in the familyMuricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.^[1]

Description

The length of the shell attains 21.9 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs mainly in the Mediterranean Sea off Tunisia.

References

1. "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Ocenebra hispidula (Pallary, 1904)". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 11 January 2021.

• Settepassi F. (1977). Atlante Malacologico. I molluschi marini viventi nel Mediterraneo, volume II. 304 pp. Museo di Zoologia, Roma

External links

• Pallary, P. (1904-1906). Addition à la faune malacologique du Golfe de Gabès. Journal de Conchyliologie. 52(3): 212-248, pl. 7 [25 October 1904; 54(2): 77-124, pl. 4]
• Barco, A.; Herbert, G.; Houart, R.; Fassio, G. & Oliverio, M. (2017). A molecular phylogenetic framework for the subfamily Ocenebrinae (Gastropoda, Muricidae). Zoologica Scripta. 46 (3): 322-335.