Biology:Oscilla somersi
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Short description: Species of sea snail
| Oscilla somersi | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
| Family: | Pyramidellidae |
| Genus: | Boonea |
| Species: | B. somersi
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| Binomial name | |
| Boonea somersi (Verrill & Bush, 1900) [1]
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Oscilla somersi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies. The species is one of eleven known species within the Boonea genus of gastropods.[2] [3]
Description
The shell grows to a length of approximately 2.6 mm.
Distribution
This marine species occurs in the following locations:[2]
- Bermudas
- Caribbean Sea: Colombia
- Gulf of Mexico: Florida, Louisiana, Texas
- Atlantic Ocean: Bahamas, Bermudas, Brazil
References
- ↑ Verrill, A. E. and K. J. Bush. 1900. Additions to the marine Mollusca of the Bermudas. Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences 10: 513-544, pls. 63-66
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Oscilla somersi (Verrill & Bush, 1900). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=739608 on 2021-11-16
- ↑ Rosenberg, G., F. Moretzsohn, and E. F. García. 2009. Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.
- Pimenta A.D., Santos F.N. & Absalão R.S. 2008. Review of the genera Ividia, Folinella, Menestho, Pseudoscilla, Tryptichus and Peristichia (Gastropoda, Pyramidellidae) from Brazil, with descriptions of four new species. The Veliger 50(3): 171-184
External links
- To Encyclopedia of Life[yes|permanent dead link|dead link}}]
- To World Register of Marine Species
- "Odostomia (Boonea) somersi" (in en). Gastropods.com. http://www.gastropods.com/0/Shell_25600.shtml.
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