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Oxymeris albida

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Species of gastropod

Oxymeris albida
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Terebridae
Genus: Oxymeris
Species: O. albida
Binomial name
Oxymeris albida
(Gray, 1834)
Synonyms
  • Acus albidus (Gray, 1834)
  • Nototerebra albida (Gray, 1834)
  • Nototerebra flindersi Cotton, 1952
  • Terebra albida Gray, 1834 (basionym)

Oxymeris albida, common name : the white auger, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Terebridae, the auger snails.

Description

The shell size varies between 25 mm and 46 mm.

This section needs expansion. You can help by adding to it. (March 2011)

Distribution

This species is distributed in Australian waters along Victoria and Tasmania.

References

  1. ^ Oxymeris albida (Gray, 1834). 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
  • Terryn Y. (2007). Terebridae: A Collectors Guide. Conchbooks & NaturalArt. 59pp + plates

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Taxon identifiers
Oxymeris albida
Terebra albida


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