Oxymeris
Apertural view of Oxymeris senegalensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Terebridae
Genus:	Oxymeris Dall, 1903
Type species
Buccinum maculatum Linnaeus, 1758
Species
See text
Synonyms[1]
Abretia H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853 (invalid: junior homonym of Abretia Rafinesque, 1814; Abretiella is a replacement name) Abretiella Bartsch, 1923 Acus Gray, 1847 (Invalid: junior homonym of Acus Swainson, 1839 [Pisces]; Oxymeris is a replacement name) Nototerebra Cotton, 1947 Terebra (Abretia) H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853 Terebra (Acus) Gray, 1847 Terebra (Oxymeris) Dall, 1903 (original rank)

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

They were historically grouped under the genus Terebra

Species within the genus Oxymeris include:^[1]

• Oxymeris albida (Gray, 1834)
• † Oxymeris angulosa (Tate, 1889)
• Oxymeris areolata (Link, 1807): the fly-spotted auger.
• Oxymeris barbieri (Aubry, 2008)
• † Oxymeris buiturica (Moisescu, 1955)
• Oxymeris caledonica (Sowerby III, 1909)
• Oxymeris cerithina (Lamarck, 1822)
• Oxymeris chlorata (Lamarck, 1822)
• Oxymeris consors (Hinds, 1844)
• Oxymeris crenulata (Linnaeus, 1758): the crenulated auger
• Oxymeris dillwynii (Deshayes, 1859)
• Oxymeris dimidiata (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Oxymeris fatua (Hinds, 1844)
• Oxymeris felina (Dillwyn, 1817): the tiger auger
• † Oxymeris fuscata (Brocchi, 1814)
• Oxymeris gouldi (Deshayes, 1857)
• Oxymeris lineopunctata (Bozzetti, 2008)
• Oxymeris maculata (Linnaeus, 1758): the marlinspike auger.
• † Oxymeris mitrellaeformis (Tate, 1886)
• † Oxymeris modesta (Defrance, 1829)
• Oxymeris pierredehaasi Terryn & Swinnen, 2024
• † Oxymeris platyspira (Tate, 1886)
• † Oxymeris plicaria (Basterot, 1825)
• Oxymeris senegalensis (Lamarck, 1822)
• Oxymeris soligena Terryn, 2022
• Oxymeris strigata (Sowerby I, 1825)
• Oxymeris suffusa (Pease, 1889)
• Oxymeris swinneni Terryn & Ryall, 2014
• † Oxymeris transleithana Harzhauser & Landau, 2023
• Oxymeris trochlea (Deshayes, 1857)

Species brought into synonymy

• Oxymeris costellifera (Pease, 1869): synonym of Duplicaria costellifera (Pease, 1869)
• Oxymeris ngai Thach, 2016: synonym of Oxymeris crenulata (Linnaeus, 1758) (junior subjective synonym)
• Oxymeris troendlei (Bratcher, 1981): synonym of Oxymeris felina (Dillwyn, 1817)

• 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

• Gray J.E. (1847). A list of the genera of recent mollusca, their synonyma and types. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 15: 129-219
• Bartsch, P. (1923). A key to the family Terebridae. The Nautilus. 37(2): 60-64
• Adams H. & Adams A. (1853-1858). The genera of Recent Mollusca; arranged according to their organization. London, van Voorst. Vol. 1: xl + 484 pp.; vol. 2: 661 pp.; vol. 3: 138 pls. [Published in parts: Vol. 1: i-xl (1858), 1-256 (1853), 257-484 (1854). Vol. 2: 1-92 (1854), 93-284 (1855), 285-412 (1856), 413-540 (1857), 541-661 (1858). Vol. 3: pl. 1-32 (1853), 33-96 (1855), 97-112 (1856), 113-128 (1857), 129-138 (1858)
• Dall W.H. (1903). Synopsis of the family Astartidae, with a review of the American species. Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 26(1342): 933-951, pl. 42-43.

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