Oxymeris cerithina

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Oxymeris cerithina
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Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
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]
  • Perirhoe cerithina (Lamarck, 1822)
  • Terebra cerithinaLamarck, 1822 (basionym)
  • Terebra cerithina spaldingi(Pilsbry, 1921)
  • Terebra pulchraHinds, 1844
  • Terebra spaldingiPilsbry, 1921

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

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Distribution

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.

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 .