Oxymeris dillwynii

Oxymeris dillwynii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Terebridae
Genus: Oxymeris
Species: O. dillwynii
Binomial name
Oxymeris dillwynii
(Deshayes, 1859)
Synonyms[1]
  • Acus dillwynii (Deshayes, 1859)
  • Terebra concinna Deshayes, 1857 (Invalid: junior secondary homonym of Terebra concinna (Dillwyn, 1817); T. divisa Pease, 1868, is a replacement name)
  • Terebra dillwynii Deshayes, 1859
  • Terebra divisa Pease, 1868

Oxymeris dillwynii is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Terebridae, the auger snails.[1]

Description

The shell size between 15 mm and 85 mm.

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Atlantic Ocean along West Africa, the Gulf of Guinea, Senegal and Cape Verdes.

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