Oxymeris costellifera

Oxymeris costellifera
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Terebridae
Genus: Oxymeris
Species: O. costellifera
Binomial name
Oxymeris costellifera
(Pease, 1869)
Synonyms[1]
  • Acus thaanumi (Pilsbry, 1921)
  • Duplicaria thaanumi Pilsbry, 1921
  • Terebra costellifera Pease, 1869
  • Terebra thaanumi Pilsbry, 1921

Oxymeris costellifera, common name Thaanum's Auger, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Terebridae, the auger snails.[1]

Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 33.8 mm and 95 mm.

Distribution

This species is found in the Pacific Ocean along Hawaii.

References


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