Oxymeris cerithina

Species of gastropod From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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

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Oxymeris cerithina
Scientific classification Edit this 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]
  • Perirhoe cerithina (Lamarck, 1822)
  • Terebra cerithina Lamarck, 1822 (basionym)
  • Terebra cerithina spaldingi (Pilsbry, 1921)
  • Terebra pulchra Hinds, 1844
  • Terebra spaldingi Pilsbry, 1921
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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.

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