Genus of gastropods
Oxymeris
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Apertural view of Oxymeris senegalensis
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Scientific classification
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Domain:
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Eukaryota
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Kingdom:
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Animalia
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Phylum:
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Mollusca
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Class:
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Gastropoda
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Subclass:
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Caenogastropoda
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Order:
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Neogastropoda
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Family:
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Terebridae
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Genus:
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Oxymeris Dall
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Type species
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Buccinum maculatum
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Species
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See text
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Synonyms[1]
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- Abretia H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853 (invalid: junior homonym of Abretia Rafinesque, 1814; Abretiella is a replacement name)
- Abretiella Bartsch, 1923
- Acus Gray, 1847 (Invalid: junior homonym of Acus Swainson, 1839 [Pisces]; Oxymeris is a replacement name)
- Nototerebra Cotton, 1947
- Terebra (Abretia) H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853
- Terebra (Acus) Gray, 1847
- Terebra (Oxymeris) Dall, 1903 (original rank)
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Oxymeris is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Terebridae, the auger snails.[1]
Species
Species within the genus Oxymeris include:[1]
- Oxymeris albida (Gray, 1834)
- Oxymeris areolata (Link, 1807)
- Oxymeris barbieri (Aubry, 2008)
- Oxymeris caledonica (Sowerby III, 1909)
- Oxymeris cerithina (Lamarck, 1822)
- Oxymeris chlorata (Lamarck, 1822)
- Oxymeris consors (Hinds, 1844)
- Oxymeris crenulata (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Oxymeris dillwynii (Deshayes, 1859)
- Oxymeris dimidiata (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Oxymeris fatua (Hinds, 1844)
- Oxymeris felina (Dillwyn, 1817)
- Oxymeris gouldi (Deshayes, 1857)
- Oxymeris lineopunctata (Bozzetti, 2008)
- Oxymeris maculata (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Oxymeris ngai Thach, 2016
- † Oxymeris plicaria (Basterot, 1825)
- Oxymeris senegalensis (Lamarck, 1822)
- Oxymeris strigata (Sowerby I, 1825)
- Oxymeris suffusa (Pease, 1889)
- Oxymeris swinneni Terryn & Ryall, 2014
- Oxymeris trochlea (Deshayes, 1857)
- Species brought into synonymy
References
- 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.
- Terryn Y. (2007). Terebridae: A Collectors Guide. Conchbooks & NaturalArt. 59pp + plates
- Severns M. (2011) Shells of the Hawaiian Islands - The Sea Shells. Conchbooks, Hackenheim. 564 pp
External links
- Gray J.E. (1847). A list of the genera of recent mollusca, their synonyma and types. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 15: 129-219
- Bartsch, P. (1923). A key to the family Terebridae. The Nautilus. 37(2): 60-64
- Adams H. & Adams A. (1853-1858). The genera of Recent Mollusca; arranged according to their organization. London, van Voorst. Vol. 1: xl + 484 pp.; vol. 2: 661 pp.; vol. 3: 138 pls. [Published in parts: Vol. 1: i-xl (1858), 1-256 (1853), 257-484 (1854). Vol. 2: 1-92 (1854), 93-284 (1855), 285-412 (1856), 413-540 (1857), 541-661 (1858). Vol. 3: pl. 1-32 (1853), 33-96 (1855), 97-112 (1856), 113-128 (1857), 129-138 (1858)
- Dall W.H. (1903). Synopsis of the family Astartidae, with a review of the American species. Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 26(1342): 933-951, pl. 42-43.
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