Oscilla annulata

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Oscilla annulata
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Drawing of a shell of Oscilla annulata
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Family: Pyramidellidae
Genus: Oscilla
Species:
O. annulata
Binomial name
Oscilla annulata
(A. Adams 1855)
Synonyms
  • Miralda annulata(A. Adams, 1854)
  • Pyramidella (Oscilla) annulata A. Adams 1855 (basionym)

Oscilla annulata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies. [1]

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Description

The length of the whitish shell measures 5 mm. The numerous whorls of the teleoconch are flattened, and spirally ribbed. Their interstices are longitudinally striated. The columella has a single posterior plication. The lip is subcrenulated, the interior lirate. [2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the demersal zone off the Philippines, Singapore and Japan.

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