Oscilla tornata

Oscilla tornata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
Superfamily: Pyramidelloidea
Family: Pyramidellidae
Genus: Oscilla
Species: O. tornata
Binomial name
Oscilla tornata
(A. E. Verrill, 1884) [1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Odostomia tornata A. E. Verrill, 1884 (basionym)

Oscilla tornata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.[2][3]

Description

The length of the shell measures 3 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the following locations:[2]

References

  1. Verrill, A. E. 1884. Second catalogue of Mollusca recently added to the fauna of the New England coast and the adjacent parts of the Atlantic, consisting mostly of deep-sea species, with notes on others previously recorded. Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences 6: 139-294, pls. 28-32.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Rosenberg, G. (2011). Oscilla tornata (A. E. Verrill, 1884). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=467498 on 2012-01-12
  3. Malacolog - Western Atlantic gastropod database.

External links

External identifiers for Oscilla tornata
Encyclopedia of Life 15543996
WoRMS 467498