Kingdom Animalia Superfamily Conoidea Genus Oxymeris Phylum Mollusca | Class Gastropoda Family Terebridae Scientific name Oxymeris areolata Rank Species | |
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Similar Oxymeris, Oxymeris dimidiata, Oxymeris crenulata, Cinguloterebra, Hastula strigilata | ||
Oxymeris areolata, common name : the Dark-spotted Auger, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Terebridae, the auger snails.
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Description
The shell size varies between 65 mm and 182 mm.
Distribution
This species is distributed in the Red Sea, in the Indian Ocean along Durban, South Africa, and in the Pacific Ocean along Hawaii.
References
Oxymeris areolata Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA