Ocenebra hispidula

Ocenebra hispidula is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.

Ocenebra hispidula
Shell of Ocenebra hispidula (syntype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
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 acanthophorus Monterosato, 1875 Murex erroneus Monterosato in Poirier, 1883 Muricopsis erroneus Monterosato in Settepassi, 1977 Muricopsis hispidula (Pallary, 1904) Muricopsis hispidulus (Pallary, 1904) Muricopsis personatus Monterosato in Settepassi, 1977 Ocenebra erronea (Monterosato in Poirier, 1883) Ocinebrina edwardsi var. albina Pallary, 1906 Ocinebrina edwardsi var. cincta Pallary, 1906 Ocinebrina edwardsi var. hispidula Pallary, 1904 Ocinebrina edwardsi var. mutica Pallary, 1906 Ocinebrina erronea (Settepassi, 1977) Ocinebrina hispidula (Pallary, 1904)

Description

The length of the shell attains 21.9 mm.

Distribution

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

References

• 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.