Oxymeris cerithina

Oxymeris cerithina
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda; clade Hypsogastropoda; clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Terebridae
Genus:	Oxymeris
Species:	O. cerithina
Binomial name
	Oxymeris cerithina; (Lamarck, 1822)
Synonyms
	Perirhoe cerithina (Lamarck, 1822); Terebra cerithina Lamarck, 1822 (basionym); Terebra cerithina spaldingi (Pilsbry, 1921); Terebra pulchra Hinds, 1844; Terebra spaldingi Pilsbry, 1921;

Oxymeris cerithina is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Terebridae, the auger snails.^[1]

Description

This species occurs in the Red Sea and in the Indian Ocean off Tanzania, Aldabra, Chagos, and the Mascarene Basin.

^ ^a ^b Oxymeris cerithina (Lamarck, 1822). Terryn, Y. (2010). Oxymeris cerithina (Lamarck, 1822). In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=596963 on 12 April 2012 .

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