Ocenebrinae

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.

Ocenebrinae
A live individual of Ceratostoma foliatum, head end towards the lower left
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Muricidae
Subfamily: Ocenebrinae
Cossmann, 1903
Genera

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Synonyms

Nucellidae Salisbury, 1940

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:

Fossil genera:

Gener a brought into synonymy

References


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