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Oxymeris dillwynii

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Species of gastropod

Oxymeris dillwynii
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Terebridae
Genus: Oxymeris
Species: O. dillwynii
Binomial name
Oxymeris dillwynii
(Deshayes, 1859)
Synonyms
  • Acus dillwynii (Deshayes, 1859)
  • Terebra concinna Deshayes, 1857 (Invalid: junior secondary homonym of Terebra concinna (Dillwyn, 1817); Terebra divisa Pease, 1868, is a replacement name)
  • Terebra dillwynii Deshayes, 1859
  • Terebra divisa Pease, 1868

Oxymeris dillwynii is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Terebridae, the auger snails.

Description

The shell size between 15 mm and 85 mm.

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

Distribution

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off West Africa, the Gulf of Guinea, Senegal and Cape Verdes.

References

  1. ^ Oxymeris dillwynii (Deshayes, 1859). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 31 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
  • Rolán E., 2005. Malacological Fauna From The Cape Verde Archipelago. Part 1, Polyplacophora and Gastropoda
  • Terryn Y. (2007). Terebridae: A Collectors Guide. Conchbooks & NaturalArt. 59pp + plates

External links

Media related to Oxymeris dillwynii at Wikimedia Commons

Taxon identifiers
Oxymeris dillwynii


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