WoRMS taxon details
Oxymeris maculata (Linnaeus, 1758)
447359 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:447359)
accepted
Species
Acus maculatus (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted
Buccinum maculatum Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted (original combination)
Subula maculata (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted
Terebra (Subula) roosevelti Bartsch & Rehder, 1939 · unaccepted
Terebra maculata (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted
Terebra maculata confluens Dautzenberg, 1935 · unaccepted
Terebra maculata roosevelti Bartsch & Rehder, 1939 · unaccepted
Terebra maculosa L. Pfeiffer, 1840 · unaccepted
Terebra roosevelti Bartsch & Rehder, 1939 · unaccepted
Vertagus maculatus (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted
marine
(of Buccinum maculatum Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). <i>Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis</i>. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
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MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Oxymeris maculata (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=447359 on 2026-05-19
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Buccinum maculatum Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). <i>Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis</i>. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 741 [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Terebra (Subula) roosevelti Bartsch & Rehder, 1939) Bartsch, P. & Rehder, H. A. (1939). Mollusks collected on the Presidential cruise of 1938. <em>Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections.</em> 98(10): 1-18, pls 1-5., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8824141
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basis of record 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. [details]
page(s): 741 [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Terebra (Subula) roosevelti Bartsch & Rehder, 1939) Bartsch, P. & Rehder, H. A. (1939). Mollusks collected on the Presidential cruise of 1938. <em>Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections.</em> 98(10): 1-18, pls 1-5., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8824141
page(s): 1 [details]
basis of record 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. [details]
Taxonomy
status source
Fedosov, A. E.; Malcolm, G.; Terryn, Y.; Gorson, J.; Modica, M. V.; Holford, M.; Puillandre, N. (2020). Phylogenetic classification of the family Terebridae (Neogastropoda: Conoidea). <em>Journal of Molluscan Studies.</em> 85(4): 359-388 ["2019"; 2020]., available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/mollus/eyz004 [details] Available for editors [request]
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additional source
Severns, M. (2011). Shells of the Hawaiian Islands - The Sea Shells. <em>Conchbooks, Hackenheim.</em> 564 pp. [details]
additional source Tsuchida, E. & Kubo, H. (2017). Family Terebridae. Pp. 1042-1050, in: T. Okutani (ed.), Marine Mollusks in Japan, ed. 2. 2 vols. Tokai University Press. 1375 pp.
page(s): 1047, pl. 337 fig. 15 [details]
additional source Tsuchida, E. & Kubo, H. (2017). Family Terebridae. Pp. 1042-1050, in: T. Okutani (ed.), Marine Mollusks in Japan, ed. 2. 2 vols. Tokai University Press. 1375 pp.
page(s): 1047, pl. 337 fig. 15 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | spotted auger [from synonym]marlinspike auger [from synonym]giant marlin spike [from synonym]big auger [from synonym] | [details] |
| German | Gefleckte Schraubenschnecke [from synonym] | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (16 barcodes)
To Barcode of Life (2 barcodes) (from synonym Terebra maculata (Linnaeus, 1758))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (191 publications) (from synonym Terebra maculata (Linnaeus, 1758))
To Conchology (Oxymeris maculata FREAK)
To Conchology (Oxymeris maculata GIANT)
To Conchology (Oxymeris maculata LARGE)
To Conchology (Oxymeris maculata SPECIAL COLOR)
To Conchology (Oxymeris maculata YOUNG)
To Conchology (Oxymeris maculata)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Oxymeris maculata)
To GenBank (50 nucleotides; 20 proteins)
To GenBank (50 nucleotides; 20 proteins) (from synonym Acus maculatus (Linnaeus, 1758))
To Malacopics (Oxymeris maculata (Linnaeus, 1758))
To Malacopics (Oxymeris maculata (Linnaeus, 1758))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Terebra roosevelti Bartsch & Rehder, 1939)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 055727)
To Barcode of Life (2 barcodes) (from synonym Terebra maculata (Linnaeus, 1758))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (191 publications) (from synonym Terebra maculata (Linnaeus, 1758))
To Conchology (Oxymeris maculata FREAK)
To Conchology (Oxymeris maculata GIANT)
To Conchology (Oxymeris maculata LARGE)
To Conchology (Oxymeris maculata SPECIAL COLOR)
To Conchology (Oxymeris maculata YOUNG)
To Conchology (Oxymeris maculata)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Oxymeris maculata)
To GenBank (50 nucleotides; 20 proteins)
To GenBank (50 nucleotides; 20 proteins) (from synonym Acus maculatus (Linnaeus, 1758))
To Malacopics (Oxymeris maculata (Linnaeus, 1758))
To Malacopics (Oxymeris maculata (Linnaeus, 1758))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Terebra roosevelti Bartsch & Rehder, 1939)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 055727)
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