Biology:Oscilla tornata
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Short description: Species of gastropod
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
| Family: | Pyramidellidae |
| Genus: | Oscilla |
| Species: | O. tornata
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| Binomial name | |
| Oscilla tornata (A. E. Verrill, 1884) [1]
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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]
- Northwest Atlantic from North Carolina to the Florida Keys at depths between 27 m and 260 m.
References
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 2.0 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
- ↑ Malacolog - Western Atlantic gastropod database.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q7106405 entry
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