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Oscilla (gastropod)

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Superfamily
  
Pyramidelloidea

Subfamily
  
Chrysallidinae

Rank
  
Genus

Class
  
Gastropoda

Family
  
Pyramidellidae

Phylum
  
Mollusca

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Similar
  
Cingulina, Eulimella, Parthenina, Ondina

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.

Contents

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:

The following species are also mentioned in OBIS and Malacolog

  • Oscilla biseriata Gabb, 1881
  • Oscilla cingulata (A. Adams, 1861) (Type species) (as Monoptygma (Oscilla) cingulata)
  • Oscilla niasensis Thiele, 1925
  • Oscilla pupula Thiele, 1925
  • Oscilla stupa (Hori, S. & H. Fukuda, 1999)
    • Species brought into synonymy
  • Oscilla bosyuensis (Nomura, S., 1937): synonym of Odetta bosyuensis (Nomura, 1937)
  • Oscilla fallax Thiele, 1925: synonym of Bulimoscilla fallax (Thiele, 1925)
  • Oscilla gumia: synonym of Hinemoa gumia (Hedley, 1909)
  • Oscilla indica Melvill, 1896: synonym of Hinemoa indica'' (Melvill, 1896)
  • Oscilla insculpta (Carpenter) Keep, 1888: synonym of Iolaea eucosmia Dall & Bartsch, 1909
  • Oscilla laquearia: synonym of Hinemoa laquearia (Hedley, 1909)
  • Oscilla leviplex: synonym of Hinemoa leviplex Laseron, 1959
  • Oscilla ligata (Angas, 1877): synonym of Miralda ligata (Angas, 1877): synonym of Odetta lirata (A. Adams, 1860)
  • Oscilla lirata (A. Adams, 1860): synonym of Odetta lirata (A. Adams, 1860)
  • Oscilla migma: synonym of Hinemoa migma (Hedley, 1909)
  • Oscilla somersi (Verrill & Bush, 1900): synonym of Boonea somersi (Verrill & Bush, 1900)
  • Oscilla sumatrana Thiele, 1925: synonym of Menesthella sumatrana (Thiele, 1925)

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

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    References

    Oscilla (gastropod) Wikipedia
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