North Atlantic Register of Marine Species (NARMS)

NARMS name details

Murex erinaceus Linnaeus, 1758

AphiaID

403709 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:403709)

Classification

Status

unaccepted > superseded combination

Accepted name

Ocenebra erinaceus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Rank

Species

Type taxon of

Ocenebra Leach, 1847
Tritonalia J. Fleming, 1828

Parent

Murex Linnaeus, 1758

Original name

Murex erinaceus Linnaeus, 1758

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Variety Murex erinaceus var. candida Dautzenberg, 1894 accepted as Ocenebra erinaceus (Linnaeus, 1758) (synonym)
Variety Murex erinaceus var. conspersa Dautzenberg, 1887 accepted as Ocenebra erinaceus (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Variety Murex erinaceus var. depauperata Dautzenberg, 1887 accepted as Ocenebra erinaceus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Variety Murex erinaceus var. fasciata Dautzenberg, 1887 accepted as Ocenebra erinaceus (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Variety Murex erinaceus var. fusca Dautzenberg, 1887 accepted as Ocenebra erinaceus (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Variety Murex erinaceus var. melanostoma Jeffreys, 1869 accepted as Ocenebra erinaceus (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, synonym)
Variety Murex erinaceus var. sculpta Jeffreys, 1867 accepted as Ocenebra erinaceus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 743 [details] Available for editors

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Murex erinaceus Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: https://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=403709 on 2026-08-10

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Murex erinaceus Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed at: https://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=403709 on 2026-08-10

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2009-06-16 01:05:10Z

created

Houart, Roland

2010-02-17 17:28:02Z

changed

Houart, Roland

2024-03-06 20:51:58Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

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original description Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 743 [details] Available for editors

additional source Middendorff T. A. von. (1849). Beiträge zur einer Malacozoologica Rossica, II. Aufzählung und Beschreibung der zur Meeresfauna Russlands gehörigen Einschaler. <em>Mémoires de l'Académie Impériale des Sciences de St-Petersbourg, sixième série, Sciences naturelles.</em> 6: 329-516, pl. 1-11., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29015189
page(s): 450 [details]

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