Oxymeris maculata
| Oxymeris maculata |
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| live Oxymeris maculata |
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| shell of Oxymeris maculata |
| Scientific classification |
| Kingdom: |
Animalia |
| Phylum: |
Mollusca |
| Class: |
Gastropoda |
| (unranked): |
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: |
Conoidea |
| Family: |
Terebridae |
| Genus: |
Oxymeris |
| Species: |
O. maculata |
| Binomial name |
Oxymeris maculata
(Linnaeus, 1758) |
| Synonyms[1] |
- Acus maculatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Buccinum luteolum Chenu, J.C., 1845
- Buccinum maculatum Linnaeus, 1758
- Buccinum varicosum Gmelin, J.F., 1791
- Subula maculata (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Terebra maculata (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Terebra maculata confluens Dautzenberg, 1935
- Terebra maculata roosevelti Bartsch & Rehder, 1970
- Terebra maculosa Pfeiffer, 1840
- Terebra roosevelti Bartsch & Rehder, 1939
- Vertagus maculatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
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Oxymeris maculata, common name the Crenulate Auger, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Terebridae, the auger snails.[1]
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, Mauritius and Tanzania; in the Pacific Ocean along Mexico.
References
Further reading
- Link D.H.F. (1807) Beschreibung der Naturalien-Sammlung der Universität zu Rostock. 3 Abt. [3 parts]. Rostock, Adlers Erben. 166 pp. page(s): 128
- 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
- Rosenberg, G. 1992. Encyclopedia of Seashells. Dorset: New York. 224 pp. page(s): 102
- Terryn Y. (2007). Terebridae: A Collectors Guide. Conchbooks & NaturalArt. 59pp + plates.
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