Oscilla (gastropod)

Oscilla
Oscilla tricordata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia
informal group Lower Heterobranchia
Superfamily: Pyramidelloidea
Family: Pyramidellidae
Subfamily: Chrysallidinae
Genus: Oscilla
A. Adams, 1861 [1]
Synonyms

Miralda (Oscilla) A. Adams, 1861

Oscilla is a genus of very small sea snails, minute marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks. This genus is currently placed in the subfamily Chrysallidinae of the family Pyramidellidae.[2]

These marine gastropods have shells with intorted protoconchs.

Life history

Little is known about the biology of the members of this genus. As is true of most members of the Pyramidellidae sensu lato, they are likely to be ectoparasites.

Oscilla jocosa may possibly be a parasite on Trochus erithreus (Mienis 2003).

Species of Oscilla

The following species are mentioned in WoRMS:

  • Oscilla annulata (A. Adams in H. & A. Adams, 1853)
  • Oscilla aquilonia Pimenta, Santos & Absalao, 2008
  • Oscilla beccarii (Hormung & Mermod, 1924)
  • Oscilla cingulata (A. Adams, 1861) (Type species) (as Monoptygma (Oscilla) cingulata)
  • Oscilla circinata A. Adams, 1867 [3]
  • Oscilla evanida Melvill, 1904
  • Oscilla faceta Melvill, 1904
  • Oscilla felix (Dall & Bartsch, 1906)
  • Oscilla ficara (Bartsch, 1915)
  • Oscilla galilae Bogi, Karhan & Yokeş, 2012
  • Oscilla jocosa Melvill, 1904
  • Oscilla jocosior Saurin, 1959
  • Oscilla koheii (Nomura, 1937)
  • Oscilla mirabilis (Preston, 1905)
  • Oscilla mutuensis (Nomura, 1938)
  • Oscilla notialis Pimenta, Santos & Absalao, 2008
  • Oscilla obtusa (Gould, 1861 in 1859-61)
  • Oscilla obtusantis (Saurin, 1961)
  • Oscilla ogasaensis (Nomura, 1939)
  • Oscilla ongcopensis (Saurin, 1961)
  • Oscilla perfelix (Nomura, 1938)
  • Oscilla somersi (Verrill & Bush, 1900)
  • Oscilla tasmanica (Tenison-Woods, 1876)
  • Oscilla tempeii (Nomura, 1937)
  • Oscilla tornata (A. E. Verrill, 1884)
  • Oscilla tricordata (Nomura, 1938)
  • Oscilla voorwindei (Laseron, 1959)

The following species are also mentioned in OBIS [4] and Malacolog [5]

Species brought into synonymy

The European species have been revised by van Aartsen (1994).

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References

  1. A. Adams, Zool. Proc., p. 310, 1867
  2. Rosenberg, G.; Gofas, S. (2011). Oscilla A. Adams, 1861. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138415 on 6 July 2012
  3. Dall & Bartsch, Notes on Japanese, Indo-Pacific and American Pyramidellidae; Proceedings of the U.S. National Museum, vol XXX n° 1452; 1906
  4. OBIS : Miralda (Oscilla)
  5. Malacolog : Oscilla
  6. Gastropods.com: Oscilla stupa; retrieved: 28 January 2012
  7. Gastropods.com: Oscilla bosyuensis; retrieved: 28 January 32012
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