Hinemoa 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[1]
  • 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

  1. 1 2 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)
  • Okutani T., ed. (2000) Marine mollusks in Japan. Tokai University Press. 1173 pp. page(s): 729
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