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.

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.

The shell has four to seven varicose, nodulous, encircled by prominent cord-like, raised ribs.

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