Biology:Oxymeris maculata

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Short description: Species of gastropod

Oxymeris maculata
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live Oxymeris maculata
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shells of Oxymeris maculata
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Terebridae
Genus: Oxymeris
Species:
O. maculata
Binomial name
Oxymeris maculata
Synonyms[1]
  • Acus maculata (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Acus maculatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Buccinum luteolum Chenu, 1845
  • Buccinum maculatum Linnaeus, 1758
  • Buccinum varicosum Gmelin, 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 marlinspike auger, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Terebridae, the auger snails.[1]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Red Sea and in the Indian Ocean off Aldabra, Chagos, Madagascar , the Mascarene Basin, Mauritius and Tanzania; in the Pacific Ocean off Mexico; also off Papua New Guinea.

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Oxymeris maculata (Linnaeus, 1758). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species 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.
  • Severns, M. (2011). Shells of the Hawaiian Islands - The Sea Shells. Conchbooks, Hackenheim. 564 pp

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q1310673 entry