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Oxymeris

Oxymeris
Oxymeris senegalensis 001.jpg
Apertural view of Oxymeris senegalensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Terebridae
Genus: Oxymeris
Dall, 1903
Type species
Buccinum maculatum Linnaeus, 1758
Synonyms
  • Acus Gray, 1847 (Invalid: junior homonym of Acus Lacépède, 1803 [Pisces]; Oxymeris is a replacement name)
  • Nototerebra Cotton, 1947

Oxymeris is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Terebridae, the auger snails.

Species within the genus Oxymeris include:


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