Oxymeris_dimidiata

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Oxymeris dimidiata

Species of gastropod

Oxymeris dimidiata, with the common name orange 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 55 mm and 165 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Red Sea and in the Indian Ocean off Aldabra, Chagos, Madagascar, the Mascarene Basin, Mauritius, Mozambique, KwaZulu (South Africa) and Tanzania; in the Pacific Ocean from Papua New Guinea to Hawaii.

References

  1. [1]
    Oxymeris dimidiata (Linnaeus, 1758). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 30 March 2011.
  • Bratcher T. & Cernohorsky W.O. (1987). Living terebras of the world. A monograph of the recent Terebridae of the world. American Malacologists, Melbourne, Florida & Burlington, Massachusetts. 240pp
  • "Acus dimidiatus". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 30 March 2011.
  • Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition, vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae]
  • Deshayes, G. P. (1857). Description d'espèces nouvelles du genre Terebra. Journal de Conchyliologie. 6 (1): 65-102
  • Fedosov, A. E.; Malcolm, G.; Terryn, Y.; Gorson, J.; Modica, M. V.; Holford, M.; Puillandre, N. (2020). Phylogenetic classification of the family Terebridae (Neogastropoda: Conoidea). Journal of Molluscan Studies. 85(4): 359-388


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