Kingdom Animalia Superfamily Conoidea Genus Oxymeris Phylum Mollusca | Class Gastropoda Family Terebridae Scientific name Oxymeris dimidiata Rank Species | |
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Similar Oxymeris, Oxymeris crenulata, Oxymeris maculata, Oxymeris areolata, Terebra guttata | ||
Oxymeris dimidiata, common name : the Orange 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 55 mm and 165 mm.
Distribution
This species is distributed in the Red Sea and in the Indian Ocean along Aldabra, Chagos, Madagascar, the Mascerene Basin, Mauritius, Mozambique, KwaZulu (South Africa) and Tanzania; in the Pacific Ocean along Hawaii.
References
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