Oxymeris chlorata | |
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Shell of Oxymeris chlorata | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Family: | Terebridae |
Genus: | Oxymeris |
Species: | O. chlorata
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Binomial name | |
Oxymeris chlorata (
Lamarck, 1822)
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Synonyms [1] | |
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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. [1]
The shell size varies between 50 mm and 100 mm.
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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.
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