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: Terebrinae according to A. E. Fedosov et al. 2019

See also Bouchet et al. 2011, Hendy 2007, Ladd 1982, Mandic and Steininger 2003, Marasti 1973, Maury 1917 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Granuliterebra, Hastula, Hastulopsis, Microtrypetes, Myurella, Neoterebra, Perirhoe, Pristiterebra, Punctoterebra, Terebra

Subtaxa: Oxymeris strigata

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Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

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

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

• Oligocene to Miocene of Australia (1)

Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence

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