Oxymeris cerithina | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Family: | Terebridae |
Genus: | Oxymeris |
Species: | O. cerithina |
Binomial name | |
Oxymeris cerithina (Lamarck, 1822) | |
Synonyms [1] | |
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Oxymeris cerithina is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Terebridae, the auger snails. [1]
This species occurs in the Red Sea and in the Indian Ocean off Tanzania, Aldabra, Chagos, and the Mascarene Basin; also off Papua New Guinea.