- Oxymeris
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Oxymeris Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Gastropoda (unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade NeogastropodaSuperfamily: Conoidea Family: Terebridae Genus: Oxymeris
Dall, 1903Type species Buccinum maculatum Linnaeus, 1758 Synonyms[1] - Acus Gray, 1847 (Invalid: junior homonym of Acus Lacépède, 1803 [Pisces]; Oxymeris is a replacement name)
- Nototerebra Cotton, 1947
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 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 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
- ^ a b Oxymeris Dall, 1903 . Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=437433 on 30 March 2011.
- Terryn Y. (2007). Terebridae: A Collectors Guide. Conchbooks & NaturalArt. 59pp + plates
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