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Crenulated auger
Oxymeris crenulata
Valid name (WoRMS, AphiaID 564243, checked 2026-10-31).
- English
- Crenulated auger
- Scientific
- Oxymeris crenulata
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Sea snails
- Depth and habitat
- Sea floor (benthic)
- IUCN status
- NE · Not EvaluatedNot Evaluated (NE)
Description
The crenulated auger has a long, pointed shell with a row of small knobs below each suture and rows of fine brown dots. It lives buried in sand.
In the Maldives
Recorded from the Maldives: museum specimens (n=21); iNaturalist research-grade observations in the Maldives (n=4, 4 observers).
Sources
- sealifebase.se /summary/Oxymeris-crenulata.html
- marinespecies.org /aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=564243
- inaturalist.org /taxa/1402850
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Oxymeris_crenulata_01.JPG
Dhivehi name source: No species-level Dhivehi name found in Dhivehi Wikipedia, SeaLifeBase (country: Maldives) or MRS/MMRI invertebrate publications.