Oxymeris caledonica
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Terebridae |
| Genus: | Oxymeris |
| Species: | O. caledonica
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| Binomial name | |
| Oxymeris caledonica (G.B. Sowerby III, 1909)
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Oxymeris caledonica is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Terebridae, the auger snails.[1]
Description
[edit]The shell size varies between 40 mm and 75 mm.
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Distribution
[edit]This species occurs along New Caledonia.
References
[edit]- ^ a b Oxymeris caledonica (G.B. Sowerby III, 1909). 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
- Terryn Y. (2007). Terebridae: A Collectors Guide. Conchbooks & NaturalArt. 59pp + plates.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Oxymeris caledonica.
- Gastropods.com : Acus caledonicus;accessed : 31 March
- Sowerby, G. B., III. (1909). Descriptions of new species of Terebra, Pleurotoma, Trochus, Tellina, Dosina, and Modiola. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London. 8(4): 198–201.
- 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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