Oscilla ligata

Hinemoa ligata
	Drawing of a shell of Hinemoa ligata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Heterobranchia; clade Euthyneura; clade Panpulmonata
Superfamily:	Pyramidelloidea
Family:	Pyramidellidae
Genus:	Hinemoa
Species:	H. ligata
Binomial name
	Hinemoa ligata; (Angas, 1877)
Synonyms
	Hinemoa rubra Laseron, 1959; Miralda ligata (Angas, 1877); Oscilla ligata (Angas, 1877); Parthenia tasmanica Tenison-Woods, 1877; Pyramidella (Oscilla) ligata Angas, 1877 (basionym);

Hinemoa ligata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.^[1]

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.^[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off New South Wales, Australia.

References

^ ^a ^b Rosenberg, G. (2015). Hinemoa ligata (Angas, 1877). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=739633 on 2015-12-15
^ G.W. Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol.VIII p. 310 (described as Pyramidella (Oscilla) ligata)

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

External links

To World Register of Marine Species

[WoRMS-1] Rosenberg, G. (2015). Hinemoa ligata (Angas, 1877). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=739633 on 2015-12-15

[2] G.W. Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol.VIII p. 310 (described as Pyramidella (Oscilla) ligata)

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