Biology:Oxymeris dimidiata

Short description: Species of gastropod

Oxymeris dimidiata
Shell of Oxymeris dimidiata
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Terebridae
Genus:	Oxymeris
Species:	O. dimidiata
Binomial name
Oxymeris dimidiata (Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms
Acus dimidiata H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853 Buccinum dimidiatum Linnaeus, 1758 Subula dimidiata (Linnaeus, 1758) Terebra carnea Perry, 1811 Terebra dimidiata Linnaeus, 1758 Terebra dimidiata var. circumvoluta Dautzenberg, 1935 Terebra dimidiata var. pallida Dautzenberg, 1935 Terebra splendens Deshayes, 1857 Vertagus dimidiatus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Oxymeris dimidiata, common name : the orange auger, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Terebridae, the auger snails.

Description

The shell size varies between 55 mm and 165 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Red Sea and in the Indian Ocean off Aldabra, Chagos, Madagascar , the Mascerene Basin, Mauritius, Mozambique, KwaZulu (South Africa) and Tanzania; in the Pacific Ocean from Papua New Guinea to Hawaii.

References

• 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

External links

• "Acus dimidiatus" (in en). Gastropods.com. http://www.gastropods.com/6/Shell_226.shtml. 
• Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition, vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae]
• Deshayes, G. P. (1857). Description d'espèces nouvelles du genre Terebra. Journal de Conchyliologie. 6 (1): 65-102
• Fedosov, A. E.; Malcolm, G.; Terryn, Y.; Gorson, J.; Modica, M. V.; Holford, M.; Puillandre, N. (2020). Phylogenetic classification of the family Terebridae (Neogastropoda: Conoidea). Journal of Molluscan Studies. 85(4): 359-388

Wikidata ☰ Q1057113 entry