Oxymeris felina

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Oxymeris felina
Acus felinus shell.png
Shell of Oxymeris felina
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Terebridae
Genus: Oxymeris
Species:
O. felina
Binomial name
Oxymeris felina
(Dillwyn, 1817)
Synonyms[1]
  • Acus felinus (Dillwyn, 1817)
  • Acus troendlei (Bratcher, 1981)
  • Buccinum felinum Dillwyn, 1817
  • Buccinum tigrinum Gmelin, 1791
  • Oxymeris troendlei (Bratcher, 1981)
  • Subula felina (Dillwyn, 1817)
  • Terebra felina (Dillwyn, 1817)
  • Terebra suffusa Pease, 1869
  • Terebra tigrina (Gmelin, 1791)

Oxymeris felina, common name : the tiger auger, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Terebridae, the auger snails.[1]

Description[]

The shell size varies between 39 mm and 90 mm.

Distribution[]

This species is distributed in the Indian Ocean along Aldabra, Madagascar, the Mascarene Basin and Tanzania; in the Pacific Ocean off the Hawaiian Islands and the Marquesas Islands.

References[]

  1. ^ a b Oxymeris felina (Dillwyn, 1817). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 30 March 2011.
  • Dautzenberg, Ph. (1929). Mollusques testacés marins de Madagascar. Faune des Colonies Francaises, Tome III
  • 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
  • Severns, M. (2011). Shells of the Hawaiian Islands - The Sea Shells. Conchbooks, Hackenheim. 564 pp.

External links[]

  • "Acus felinus". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 30 March 2011.
  • Gmelin J.F. (1791). Vermes. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 13. Tome 1(6). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig. pp. 3021-3910]
  • 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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