Oxymeris maculata

Oxymeris maculata
	live Oxymeris maculata
	shells of Oxymeris maculata
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Terebridae
Genus:	Oxymeris
Species:	O. maculata
Binomial name
	Oxymeris maculata; (Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms
	Acus maculata (Linnaeus, 1758); Acus maculatus (Linnaeus, 1758); Buccinum luteolum Chenu, 1845; Buccinum maculatum Linnaeus, 1758; Buccinum varicosum Gmelin, 1791; Subula maculata (Linnaeus, 1758); Terebra maculata (Linnaeus, 1758); Terebra maculata confluens Dautzenberg, 1935; Terebra maculata roosevelti Bartsch & Rehder, 1970; Terebra maculosa Pfeiffer, 1840; Terebra roosevelti Bartsch & Rehder, 1939; Vertagus maculatus (Linnaeus, 1758);

Oxymeris maculata, common name the marlinspike auger, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Terebridae, the auger snails.

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