Oxymeris

Oxymeris
Apertural view of Oxymeris senegalensis
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Terebridae
Genus: Oxymeris
Dall
Type species
Buccinum maculatum
Species

See text

Synonyms
  • Abretia H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853 (invalid: junior homonym of Abretia Rafinesque, 1814; Abretiella is a replacement name)
  • Abretiella Bartsch, 1923
  • Acus Gray, 1847 (Invalid: junior homonym of Acus Swainson, 1839 [Pisces]; Oxymeris is a replacement name)
  • Nototerebra Cotton, 1947
  • Terebra (Abretia) H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853
  • Terebra (Acus) Gray, 1847
  • Terebra (Oxymeris) Dall, 1903 (original rank)

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

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