Oscilla annulata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.[1]
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Drawing of a shell of Oscilla annulata | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Family: | Pyramidellidae |
Genus: | Oscilla |
Species: | O. annulata
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Binomial name | |
Oscilla annulata (A. Adams 1855)
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Description
editThe length of the whitish shell measures 5 mm. The numerous whorls of the teleoconch are flattened, and spirally ribbed. Their interstices are longitudinally striated. The columella has a single posterior plication. The lip is subcrenulated, the interior lirate.[2]
Distribution
editThis marine species occurs in the demersal zone off the Philippines, Singapore and Japan.