Oxymeris chlorata

Oxymeris chlorata, common name : the pink-spotted auger, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Terebridae, the auger snails.

Oxymeris chlorata
Shell of Oxymeris chlorata
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Terebridae
Genus:	Oxymeris
Species:	O. chlorata
Binomial name
Oxymeris chlorata (Lamarck, 1822)
Synonyms
Acus chlorata (Lamarck, 1822) (wrong gender agreement of specific epithet) Acus chloratus (Lamarck, 1822) Subula chlorata (Lamarck, 1822) Terebra chlorata Lamarck, 1822 Terebra knorrii Gray, 1834

Description

The shell size varies between 50 mm and 100 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Indian Ocean off Chagos, Madagascar, the Mascarene Basin and Tanzania; in the Pacific Ocean off Pitcairn and Hawaii; also off Papua New Guinea.

References

• 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
• Severns, M. (2011). Shells of the Hawaiian Islands - The Sea Shells. Conchbooks, Hackenheim. 564 pp

External links

• "Acus chloratus". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 31 March 2011.
• Lamarck, (J.-B. M.) de. (1822). Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres. Tome septième. Paris: published by the Author, 711 pp
• Gray, J. E. (1834). Enumeration of the species of Terebra, with characters of many hitherto undescribed. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. (1834) 2: 59-63.
• 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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