Oscilla ligata

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Species of gastropod

title: "Oscilla ligata" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["pyramidellidae", "gastropods-described-in-1877"] description: "Species of gastropod" topic_path: "general/pyramidellidae" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oscilla_ligata" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Species of gastropod ::

| image = Miralda ligata 001.png | image_caption = Drawing of a shell of Oscilla ligata | taxon = Oscilla ligata | authority = Angas, 1877 | synonyms_ref = | synonyms =

  • Hinemoa ligata (Angas, 1877)
  • Hinemoa rubra Laseron, 1959
  • Miralda ligata (Angas, 1877)
  • Parthenia tasmanica Tenison-Woods, 1877
  • Pyramidella (Oscilla) ligata Angas, 1877 (basionym)

Oscilla ligata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.

Description

The rather thin shell has a rosy-white color and measures 2 mm. The six whorls of the teleoconch have prominent spiral ribs. The outer lip is simple. The columella has a small transverse plait.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off New South Wales, Australia.

References

  • Okutani T., ed. (2000) Marine mollusks in Japan. Tokai University Press. 1173 pp. page(s): 729

References

  1. {{WRMS species. 588359. ''Oscilla ligata'' Angas, 1877. 3 January 2019
  2. [https://archive.org/stream/manualconch08tryorich#page/n5/mode/2up G.W. Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol.VIII p. 310 (described as ''Pyramidella (Oscilla) ligata'')]

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