Oscilla ligata

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Oscilla ligata
Drawing of a shell of Oscilla ligata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Infraclass: Euthyneura
Order: Panpulmonata
Family: Pyramidellidae
Genus: Oscilla
Species:
O. ligata
Binomial name
Oscilla ligata
Angas, 1877
Synonyms [1]
  • Hinemoa ligata(Angas, 1877)
  • Hinemoa rubraLaseron, 1959
  • Miralda ligata (Angas, 1877)
  • Parthenia tasmanicaTenison-Woods, 1877
  • Pyramidella (Oscilla) ligataAngas, 1877 (basionym)

Oscilla ligata 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 rather thin shell has a rosy-white color and measures 2 mm. The six whorls of the teleoconch have prominent spiral ribs. The outer lip is simple. The columella has a small transverse plait. [2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off New South Wales, Australia.

References

  1. 1 2 Oscilla ligata Angas, 1877 .  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 3 January 2019.
  2. ↑ G.W. Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol.VIII p. 310 (described as Pyramidella (Oscilla) ligata)


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