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Oxymeris maculata Spotted Auger, Marlinspike Auger

Oxymeris maculatais commonly referred to as Spotted Auger, Marlinspike Auger. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:
13635 
AphiaID:
447359 
Scientific:
Oxymeris maculata 
German:
Gefleckte Schraubenschnecke 
English:
Spotted Auger, Marlinspike Auger 
Category:
Snails 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Neogastropoda (Order) > Terebridae (Family) > Oxymeris (Genus) > maculata (Species) 
Initial determination:
(Linnaeus, ), 1758 
Occurrence:
Cocos Island (Costa Rica), Australia, East Africa, Eastern Pacific Ocean, French Polynesia, Guam, Hawaii, Indian Ocean, Japan, Madagascar, Mascarene Islands, Mauritius, Mexico (East Pacific), Mozambique, Queensland (Australia), Red Sea, Tansania 
Sea depth:
1 - 210 Meter 
Size:
1.57" - 10.63" (4,3cm - 27,4cm) 
Temperature:
°F - 78.8 °F (°C - 26°C) 
Food:
Carnivore, Predatory, Worms 
Difficulty:
There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully 
Offspring:
None 
Toxicity:
Toxic hazard unknown 
CITES:
Not evaluated 
Red List:
Not evaluated (NE) 
Related species at
Catalog of Life:
  • Oxymeris albida
  • Oxymeris areolata
  • Oxymeris caledonica
  • Oxymeris cerithina
  • Oxymeris chlorata
  • Oxymeris costellifera
  • Oxymeris crenulata
  • Oxymeris dillwynii
  • Oxymeris dimidiata
  • Oxymeris fatua
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2021-02-13 19:35:10 

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Oxymeris maculata (Linnaeus, 1758)

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

Synonymised names:
Acus maculatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Buccinum maculatum Linnaeus, 1758 (original combination)
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)

External links

  1. gastropods (en). Abgerufen am 13.02.2021.
  2. Wikipedia (de). Abgerufen am 13.02.2021.
  3. WoRMS (en). Abgerufen am 13.02.2021.

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Spotted Auger, Oxymeris maculata, Slow Poke, Lembeh 2023
Fotografiert auf den Molukken (c) Erich Teister

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