Oxymeris dillwynii

Oxymeris dillwynii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Terebridae
Genus:	Oxymeris
Species:	O. dillwynii
Binomial name
Oxymeris dillwynii (Deshayes, 1859)
Synonyms[1]
Acus dillwynii (Deshayes, 1859) Terebra concinna Deshayes, 1857 (Invalid: junior secondary homonym of Terebra concinna (Dillwyn, 1817); T. divisa Pease, 1868, is a replacement name) Terebra dillwynii Deshayes, 1859 Terebra divisa Pease, 1868

Oxymeris dillwynii is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Terebridae, the auger snails.^[1]

Description[]

The shell size between 15 mm and 85 mm.

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Distribution[]

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off West Africa, the Gulf of Guinea, Senegal and Cape Verdes.

References[]

• 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
• Rolán E., 2005. Malacological Fauna From The Cape Verde Archipelago. Part 1, Polyplacophora and Gastropoda
• Terryn Y. (2007). Terebridae: A Collectors Guide. Conchbooks & NaturalArt. 59pp + plates

External links[]

• "Acus dillwynii". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 31 March 2011.
• Deshayes, G. P. (1859). A general review of the genus Terebra, and a description of new species. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. (1859) 27: 270-321
• 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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