Oxymeris trochlea is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Terebridae, the auger snails.[1]
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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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Description edit
The size of an adult shell varies between 40 mm and 79 mm.
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Distribution edit
This species is found in the Pacific Ocean off the Marquesas Islands.
References edit
- ^ a b Oxymeris trochlea (Deshayes, 1857). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 31 March 2011.
- Bratcher, T., 1969. Rediscovery of Terebra cochlea Deshayes. The Veliger 11(4): 334-335
- 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
External links edit
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Oxymeris trochlea.
- "Duplicaria trochlea". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 31 March 2011.
- Deshayes, G. P. (1857). Description d'espèces nouvelles du genre Terebra. Journal de Conchyliologie. 6 (1): 65-102
- 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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