Oscilla somersi

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Oscilla somersi
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Family: Pyramidellidae
Genus: Oscilla
Species:
O. somersi
Binomial name
Oscilla somersi
(Verrill & Bush, 1900)
Synonyms [1]
  • Odostomia somersiVerrill & Bush, 1900 [2] (basionym)
  • Boonea somersi(Verrill & Bush, 1900)

Oscilla somersi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies. [1] [3]

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Description

The shell grows to a length of approximately 3 mm. [4] The shell is conical and has strong spiral cords and a distinctly visible columellar fold. [3]

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Caribbean Sea, Gulf of Mexico, [1] Bermuda, Bahamas, and southeast Brazil. [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Bieler R, Bouchet P, Gofas S, Marshall B, Rosenberg G, La Perna R, Neubauer TA, Sartori AF, Schneider S, Vos C, ter Poorten JJ, Taylor J, Dijkstra H, Finn J, Bank R, Neubert E, Moretzsohn F, Faber M, Houart R, Picton B, Garcia-Alvarez O, eds. (2024). "Oscilla somersi (A. E. Verrill & K. J. Bush, 1900)". MolluscaBase. World Register of Marine Species . Retrieved 24 March 2024.
  2. ↑ Verrill, Addison Emery; Bush, Katharine Jeannette (1900). "Additions to the marine Mollusca of the Bermudas". Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences. 10: 513–544, pls. 63–66.
  3. 1 2 3 Pimenta, Alexandre D.; Santos, Franklin Noel; Absalão, Ricardo Silva (2008). "Review of the genera Ividia, Folinella, Oscilla, Pseudoseilla, Tryptichus and Peristichia (Gastropoda, Pyramidellidae) from Brazil, with descriptions of four new species". The Veliger. 50 (3): 171–184.
  4. ↑ Guido T. Poppe; Philippe Poppe. "Oscilla somersi". Conchology, Inc. Retrieved 24 March 2024.


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