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Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Spiralia
Cladus: Lophotrochozoa
Phylum: Mollusca
Classis: Gastropoda
Subclassis: Caenogastropoda
Ordo: Neogastropoda
Superfamilia: Conoidea

Familia: Terebridae
Genus: Oxymeris

Oxymeris is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Terebridae, the auger snails.[1]
Species

Species within the genus Oxymeris include:[1]

Oxymeris albida (Gray, 1834)
Oxymeris areolata (Link, 1807)
Oxymeris barbieri (Aubry, 2008)
Oxymeris caledonica (Sowerby III, 1909)
Oxymeris cerithina (Lamarck, 1822)
Oxymeris chlorata (Lamarck, 1822)
Oxymeris consors (Hinds, 1844)
Oxymeris crenulata (Linnaeus, 1758)
Oxymeris dillwynii (Deshayes, 1859)
Oxymeris dimidiata (Linnaeus, 1758)
Oxymeris fatua (Hinds, 1844)
Oxymeris felina (Dillwyn, 1817)
Oxymeris gouldi (Deshayes, 1857)
Oxymeris lineopunctata (Bozzetti, 2008)
Oxymeris maculata (Linnaeus, 1758)
Oxymeris ngai Thach, 2016
† Oxymeris plicaria (Basterot, 1825)
Oxymeris senegalensis (Lamarck, 1822)
Oxymeris strigata (Sowerby I, 1825)
Oxymeris suffusa (Pease, 1889)
Oxymeris swinneni Terryn & Ryall, 2014
Oxymeris trochlea (Deshayes, 1857)

Species brought into synonymy

Oxymeris costellifera (Pease, 1869): synonym of Duplicaria costellifera (Pease, 1869)
Oxymeris troendlei (Bratcher, 1981): synonym of Oxymeris felina (Dillwyn, 1817)

References

Oxymeris Dall, 1903. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 30 March 2011.

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

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