Oxymeris crenulata
| Oxymeris crenulata | |
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| Five views of a 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] | |
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Oxymeris crenulata, common name crenulate auger, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Terebridae, the auger snails. [1]
The shell of this species has crenulations along the suture, hence the specific name.
Description
Adult shell size varies between 48 mm and 154 mm.
Distribution
This species is found in the Red Sea and in the Indian Ocean off Aldabra, Chagos, Madagascar, the Mascarene Basin and Tanzania, and in the Pacific Ocean off Mexico.
References
- 1 2 WoRMS (2010). Oxymeris crenulata (Linnaeus, 1758). In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=564243 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
- 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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