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Tiger auger
Oxymeris felina
Valid name (WoRMS, AphiaID 564249, checked 2026-10-31).
- English
- Tiger auger
- Scientific
- Oxymeris felina
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Sea snails
- Depth and habitat
- Sea floor (benthic)
- IUCN status
- NE · Not EvaluatedNot Evaluated (NE)
Description
The tiger auger has a long, pointed, cream shell with rows of large dark spots. It lives buried in sand in shallow water.
In the Maldives
Recorded from the Maldives: museum specimens (n=13); iNaturalist research-grade observations in the Maldives (n=3, 3 observers).
Sources
- sealifebase.se /summary/Oxymeris-felina.html
- marinespecies.org /aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=564249
- inaturalist.org /taxa/475359
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Oxymeris_troendlei_(MNHN-IM-2000-2197).jpeg
Dhivehi name source: No species-level Dhivehi name found in Dhivehi Wikipedia, SeaLifeBase (country: Maldives) or MRS/MMRI invertebrate publications.