Oxymeris caledonica

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Oxymeris caledonica
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Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Terebridae
Genus: Oxymeris
Species:
O. caledonica
Binomial name
Oxymeris caledonica
(G.B. Sowerby III, 1909)
Synonyms [1]
  • Acus caledonicus (G.B. Sowerby III, 1909)
  • Terebra caledonicaG.B. Sowerby III, 1909

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

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Description

The shell size varies between 40 mm and 75 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs along New Caledonia.

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<i>Oxymeris lineopunctata</i> Species of sea snail

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