Oxymeris cerithina

Oxymeris cerithina
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Terebridae
Genus: Oxymeris
Species: O. cerithina
Binomial name
Oxymeris cerithina
(Lamarck, 1822)
Synonyms[1]
  • Perirhoe cerithina (Lamarck, 1822)
  • Terebra cerithina Lamarck, 1822 (basionym)
  • Terebra cerithina spaldingi (Pilsbry, 1921)
  • Terebra pulchra Hinds, 1844
  • Terebra spaldingi Pilsbry, 1921

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

Distribution

This species occurs in the Red Sea and in the Indian Ocean off Tanzania, Aldabra, Chagos, and the Mascarene Basin.

References

  1. 1 2 Oxymeris cerithina (Lamarck, 1822). Terryn, Y. (2010). Oxymeris cerithina (Lamarck, 1822). 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=596963 on 12 April 2012.


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