Oxymeris chlorata

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Oxymeris chlorata
Oxymeris chlorata 01.jpg
Shell of Oxymeris chlorata
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Terebridae
Genus: Oxymeris
Species:
O. chlorata
Binomial name
Oxymeris chlorata
(Lamarck, 1822)
Synonyms [1]
  • Acus chlorata(Lamarck, 1822) (wrong gender agreement of specific epithet)
  • Acus chloratus(Lamarck, 1822)
  • Subula chlorata(Lamarck, 1822)
  • Terebra chlorataLamarck, 1822
  • Terebra knorriiGray, 1834

Oxymeris chlorata, common name : the pink-spotted auger, 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 50 mm and 100 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Indian Ocean off Chagos, Madagascar, the Mascarene Basin and Tanzania; in the Pacific Ocean off Pitcairn and Hawaii; also off Papua New Guinea.

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References

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