Oxymeris crenulata
| Oxymeris crenulata |
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| The shell of Oxymeris crenulata |
| Scientific classification |
| Kingdom: |
Animalia |
| Phylum: |
Mollusca |
| Class: |
Gastropoda |
| (unranked): |
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: |
Conoidea |
| Family: |
Terebridae |
| Genus: |
Oxymeris |
| Species: |
O. crenulata |
| Binomial name |
Oxymeris crenulata
(Linnaeus, 1758) |
| Synonyms[1] |
- Acus crenulatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Buccinum crenulatum Linnaeus, 1758 (basionym)
- Buccinum luteolum Chenu, 1845
- Buccinum varicosum Gmelin, 1791
- Subula crenulata (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Terebra crenulata (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Terebra crenulata var. booleyi Melvill & Sykes, 1898
- Terebra fimbriata Deshayes, 1857
- Terebra interlineata Deshayes, 1859
- Terebra maculata Perry, 1811
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Oxymeris crenulata, common name crenulate auger, is a species of a sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Terebridae, the auger snails. [1]
The shell has crenulations.
Description
The shell size varies between 48 mm and 154 mm.
Distribution
This species is distributed in the Red Sea and in the Indian Ocean along Aldabra, Chagos, Madagascar, the Mascarene Basin and Tanzania; in the Pacific Ocean along Mexico.
References
- Bratcher T. & Cernohorsky W.O. (1987). Living terebras of the world. A monograph of the recent Terebridae of the world. American Malacologists, Melbourne, Florida & Burlington, Massachusetts. 240pp
- Drivas, J. & M. Jay (1988). Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'île Maurice
- Terryn Y. (2007). Terebridae: A Collectors Guide. Conchbooks & NaturalArt. 59pp + plates
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