Oxymeris trochlea | |
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Shell of Oxymeris trochlea (paralectotype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Family: | Terebridae |
Genus: | Oxymeris |
Species: | O. trochlea
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Binomial name | |
Oxymeris trochlea (
Deshayes, 1857)
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Synonyms [1] | |
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Oxymeris trochlea is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Terebridae, the auger snails. [1]
The size of an adult shell varies between 40 mm and 79 mm.
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This species is found in the Pacific Ocean off the Marquesas Islands.