Oxymeris
| Oxymeris | |
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| Apertural view of Oxymeris senegalensis | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Terebridae |
| Genus: | Oxymeris Dall, 1903 |
| Type species | |
| Buccinum maculatum Linnaeus, 1758 | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Oxymeris is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Terebridae, the auger snails.[1]
Species
Species within the genus Oxymeris include:
- Oxymeris albida (Gray, 1834)
- Oxymeris areolata (Link, 1807)
- Oxymeris caledonica (G.B. Sowerby III, 1909)
- Oxymeris cerithina (Lamarck, 1822)
- Oxymeris chlorata (Lamarck, 1822)
- Oxymeris costellifera (Pease, 1869)
- Oxymeris crenulata (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Oxymeris dillwynii (Deshayes, 1859)
- Oxymeris dimidiata (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Oxymeris fatua (Hinds, 1844)
- Oxymeris felina (Dillwyn, 1817)
- Oxymeris gouldi (Deshayes, 1857)
- Oxymeris maculata (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Oxymeris senegalensis (Lamarck, 1822)
- Oxymeris strigata (G.B. Sowerby I, 1825)
- Oxymeris suffusa (Pease, 1889)
- Oxymeris trochlea (Deshayes, 1857)
- Oxymeris troendlei (Bratcher, 1981)
References
- 1 2 Oxymeris Dall, 1903 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 30 March 2011.
- 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.
- Terryn Y. (2007). Terebridae: A Collectors Guide. Conchbooks & NaturalArt. 59pp + plates
- Severns M. (2011) Shells of the Hawaiian Islands - The Sea Shells. Conchbooks, Hackenheim. 564 pp
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