Oxymeris maculata

Oxymeris maculata
Oxymeris maculata
live Oxymeris maculata
shell of Oxymeris maculata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Terebridae
Genus: Oxymeris
Species: O. maculata
Binomial name
Oxymeris maculata
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms[1]
  • Acus maculatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Buccinum luteolum Chenu, J.C., 1845
  • Buccinum maculatum Linnaeus, 1758
  • Buccinum varicosum Gmelin, J.F., 1791
  • Subula maculata (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Terebra maculata (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Terebra maculata confluens Dautzenberg, 1935
  • Terebra maculata roosevelti Bartsch & Rehder, 1970
  • Terebra maculosa Pfeiffer, 1840
  • Terebra roosevelti Bartsch & Rehder, 1939
  • Vertagus maculatus (Linnaeus, 1758)

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

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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, Mauritius and Tanzania; in the Pacific Ocean along Mexico.

References

  1. ^ a b Oxymeris maculata (Linnaeus, 1758).  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=447359  on 30 March 2011.

Further reading

  • Link D.H.F. (1807) Beschreibung der Naturalien-Sammlung der Universität zu Rostock. 3 Abt. [3 parts]. Rostock, Adlers Erben. 166 pp. page(s): 128
  • 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
  • Rosenberg, G. 1992. Encyclopedia of Seashells. Dorset: New York. 224 pp. page(s): 102
  • Terryn Y. (2007). Terebridae: A Collectors Guide. Conchbooks & NaturalArt. 59pp + plates.

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