Oxymeris Dall 1903 (auger snail)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Terebridae

Alternative spellings: Subula (Oxymeris), Terebra (Oxymeria), Terebra (Oxymeris)

Invalid subtaxa: Acus Gray 1847 [replaced name], Nototerebra Cott 1947

Parent taxon: Terebridae according to P. Bouchet et al. 2011

See also Hendy 2007, Ladd 1982, Mandic and Steininger 2003, Marasti 1973, Maury 1917 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Cinguloterebra, Clathroterebra, Duplicaria, Euterebra, Granuliterebra, Hastula, Hastulopsis, Impages, Laevihastula, Microtrypetes, Myurella, Neoterebra, Pellifronia, Perirhoe, Pervicaciinae, Pristiterebra, Spineoterebra, Strioterebrum, Terebra, Terebrinae, Terenolla, Triplostephanus, Zeacuminia

Subtaxa: none

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Northern Mariana Islands (1 collection), Vanuatu (1)

• Miocene of Australia (1), Austria (1), Germany (1), the Marshall Islands (1), Türkiye (2)

• Oligocene to Miocene of Australia (1)

Total: 9 collections each including a single occurrence

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