Oxymeris dimidiata

Oxymeris dimidiata, with the common name orange auger, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Terebridae, the auger snails.^[1]

Oxymeris dimidiata
Shell of Oxymeris dimidiata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Terebridae
Genus:	Oxymeris
Species:	O. dimidiata
Binomial name
Oxymeris dimidiata (Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms[1]
Acus dimidiata H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853 Buccinum dimidiatum Linnaeus, 1758 Subula dimidiata (Linnaeus, 1758) Terebra carnea Perry, 1811 Terebra dimidiata Linnaeus, 1758 Terebra dimidiata var. circumvoluta Dautzenberg, 1935 Terebra dimidiata var. pallida Dautzenberg, 1935 Terebra splendens Deshayes, 1857 Vertagus dimidiatus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Description

The shell size varies between 55 mm and 165 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Red Sea and in the Indian Ocean off Aldabra, Chagos, Madagascar, the Mascarene Basin, Mauritius, Mozambique, KwaZulu (South Africa) and Tanzania; in the Pacific Ocean from Papua New Guinea to Hawaii.