Oscilla tornata

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

Oscilla tornata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Family: Pyramidellidae
Genus: Oscilla
Species:
O. tornata
Binomial name
Oscilla tornata
Synonyms[2]
  • Odostomia tornata A. E. Verrill, 1884 (basionym)

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. 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.


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