Oxymeris maculata

Oxymeris maculata
	Live Oxymeris maculata
	Shells of Oxymeris maculata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Terebridae
Genus:	Oxymeris
Species:	O. maculata
Binomial name
	Oxymeris maculata; (Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms
	Acus maculata (Linnaeus, 1758) ; Acus maculatus (Linnaeus, 1758) ; Buccinum luteolum Chenu, 1845 ; Buccinum maculatum Linnaeus, 1758 ; Buccinum varicosum Gmelin, 1791 ; Subula maculata (Linnaeus, 1758) ; Terebra maculata (Linnaeus, 1758) ; Terebra maculata confluens Dautzenberg, 1935 ; Terebra maculata roosevelti Bartsch & Rehder, 1970 ; Terebra maculosa Pfeiffer, 1840 ; Terebra roosevelti Bartsch & Rehder, 1939 ; Vertagus maculatus (Linnaeus, 1758) ;

Oxymeris maculata, also called marlinspike auger, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Terebridae, the auger snails. It can be found in tropical climates at depths of 0 to 210 meters.