Oxymeris crenulata

Oxymeris crenulata
Oxymeris crenulata
The 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]
  • Acus crenulatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Buccinum crenulatum Linnaeus, 1758 (basionym)
  • Buccinum luteolum Chenu, 1845
  • Buccinum varicosum Gmelin, 1791
  • Subula crenulata (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Terebra crenulata (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Terebra crenulata var. booleyi Melvill & Sykes, 1898
  • Terebra fimbriata Deshayes, 1857
  • Terebra interlineata Deshayes, 1859
  • Terebra maculata Perry, 1811

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

The shell has crenulations.

Contents

Description

The shell size varies between 48 mm and 154 mm.

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Red Sea and in the Indian Ocean along Aldabra, Chagos, Madagascar, the Mascarene Basin and Tanzania; in the Pacific Ocean along Mexico.

References

  1. ^ a b 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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