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Species of gastropod
Oxymeris maculata
live Oxymeris maculata
shells of Oxymeris maculata
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
Subclass:
Caenogastropoda
Order:
Neogastropoda
Family:
Terebridae
Genus:
Oxymeris
Species:
O. maculata
Binomial name
Oxymeris maculata
Synonyms
[1]
Acus maculata (
Linnaeus ,
1758 )
Acus maculatus (
Linnaeus ,
1758 )
Buccinum luteolum
Chenu , 1845
Buccinum maculatum
Linnaeus ,
1758
Buccinum varicosum
Gmelin , 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 )
Oxymeris maculata , common name the marlinspike auger , is a
species of
sea snail , a marine
gastropod
mollusc in the
family
Terebridae , the auger snails.
[1]
Distribution
This species occurs in the
Red Sea and in the Indian Ocean off
Aldabra ,
Chagos ,
Madagascar , the
Mascarene Basin,
Mauritius and
Tanzania ; in the Pacific Ocean off
Mexico ; also off
Papua New Guinea .
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.
Severns, M. (2011). Shells of the Hawaiian Islands - The Sea Shells. Conchbooks, Hackenheim. 564 pp
External links
Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition , vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae]
Fedosov, A. E.; Malcolm, G.; Terryn, Y.; Gorson, J.; Modica, M. V.; Holford, M.; Puillandre, N. (2020). Phylogenetic classification of the family Terebridae (Neogastropoda: Conoidea). Journal of Molluscan Studies. 85(4): 359-388
Media related to
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