''Oscilla'' is a
genus
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of very small
sea snails, minute
marine gastropod mollusk
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s or
micromollusks. This genus is currently placed in the subfamily
Chrysallidinae of the
family
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Pyramidellidae
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.
[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]
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
Pyramidellidae, common name the pyram family, or pyramid shells, is a voluminous taxonomic family of mostly small and minute ectoparasitic sea snails, marine heterobranch gastropod molluscs. The great majority of species of pyrams are micr ...
''
sensu lato
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'', they are likely to be
ectoparasites.
''
Oscilla jocosa'' may possibly be a parasite on ''
Trochus
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erithreus'' (Mienis 2003).
Species of ''Oscilla''
The following species are mentioned in WoRMS:
* ''
Oscilla annulata''
(A. Adams in H. & A. Adams, 1853)
* ''
Oscilla appeliusi''
(Hornung & Mermod, 1925)
* ''
Oscilla aqabaensis''
Peñas, Rolán & Sabelli, 2020
* ''
Oscilla aquilonia''
Pimenta, Santos & Absalao, 2008
* ''
Oscilla axialyrae''
Peñas & Rolán, 2017
* ''
Oscilla beccarii''
(Hormung & Mermod, 1924)
* ''
Oscilla bellardii''
(Hornung & Mermod, 1924)
* ''
Oscilla bifida''
Peñas & Rolán, 2017
* ''
Oscilla cingulata''
(A. Adams, 1861) (Type species) (as ''Monoptygma (Oscilla) cingulata'')
* ''
Oscilla circinata''
A. Adams, 1867 [Dall & Bartsch, ''Notes on Japanese, Indo-Pacific and American Pyramidellidae''; Proceedings of the U.S. National Museum, vol XXX n° 1452; 1906]
* ''
Oscilla composita''
Peñas & Rolán, 2017
* ''
Oscilla cylindrica''
de Folin, 1879)
* ''
Oscilla duplex''
Laseron, 1959)
* ''
Oscilla evanida''
Melvill, 1904
* ''
Oscilla faceta''
Melvill, 1904
* ''
Oscilla felix''
(Dall & Bartsch, 1906)
* ''
Oscilla ficara''
(Bartsch, 1915)
* ''
Oscilla fortefunis''
Peñas & Rolán, 2017
* ''
Oscilla galilae''
Bogi, Karhan & Yokeş, 2012
* ''
Oscilla gemella''
Peñas & Rolán, 2017
* ''
Oscilla infraduplex''
Peñas & Rolán, 2017
* ''
Oscilla istiusmodi''
Peñas & Rolán, 2017
* ''
Oscilla jocosa''
Melvill, 1904
* ''
Oscilla jocosior''
Saurin, 1959
* ''
Oscilla koheii''
(Nomura, 1937)
* ''
Oscilla ligata''
(Angas, 1877)
* ''
Oscilla marquesensis''
Peñas & Rolán, 2017
* ''
Oscilla mirabilis''
(Preston, 1905)
* ''
Oscilla mirifica''
Peñas, Rolán & Sabelli, 2020
* ''
Oscilla multifuniculi''
Peñas & Rolán, 2017
* ''
Oscilla multistriata''
Peñas, Rolán & Sabelli, 2020
* ''
Oscilla mutuensis''
(Nomura, 1938)
* ''
Oscilla niasensis''
Thiele, 1925
* ''
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 parvicoronata''
Peñas & Rolán, 2017
* ''
Oscilla perfelix''
(Nomura, 1938)
* ''
Oscilla punicea''
(W. R. B. Oliver, 1915)
* ''
Oscilla pupula''
Thiele, 1925
* ''
Oscilla sculptulata''
Peñas & Rolán, 2017
* ''
Oscilla solomonensis''
Peñas & Rolán, 2017
* ''
Oscilla somersi''
(Verrill & Bush
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, 1900)
* ''
Oscilla sulcibasis''
Peñas & Rolán, 2017
* ''
Oscilla tasmanica''
(Tenison-Woods, 1876)
* ''
Oscilla tempeii''
(Nomura, 1937)
* ''
Oscilla tornata''
(A. E. Verrill, 1884)
* ''
Oscilla tricordata''
(Nomura, 1938)
* ''
Oscilla uahukaensis''
Peñas & Rolán, 2017
* ''
Oscilla vanuatuensis''
Peñas & Rolán, 2017
* ''
Oscilla virginiae''
Peñas, Rolán & Sabelli, 2020
* ''
Oscilla voorwindei''
(Laseron, 1959)
The following species are also mentioned in OBIS and Malacolog
* ''
Oscilla biseriata''
Gabb, 1881
* ''
Oscilla stupa''
(Hori, S. & H. Fukuda, 1999)
;Species brought into synonymy:
* ''Oscilla bosyuensis''
(Nomura, S., 1937):
Gastropods.com: ''Oscilla bosyuensis''; retrieved: 28 January 32012
/ref> synonym of '' Odetta bosyuensis'' (Nomura, 1937)
* ''Oscilla dautzenbergi'' de Morgan, 1916 † : synonym of '' Pyrgula dautzenbergi'' (de Morgan, 1916) † (new combination)
* ''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 lirata'' (A. Adams, 1860): synonym of '' Odetta lirata'' (A. Adams, 1860)
* ''Oscilla migma'': synonym of '' Hinemoa migma'' (Hedley, 1909)
* ''Oscilla sumatrana'' Thiele, 1925: synonym of '' Menesthella sumatrana'' (Thiele, 1925)
The European species have been revised by van Aartsen (1994).
References
* Vaught, K. C. (1989). In Abbott, R. T. & Boss, K. J. (eds) ''A Classification of the Living Mollusca''. Melbourne, Florida: American Malacologists Inc. 195 pp.
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* Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). ''European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification''. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180–213
External links
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''Oscilla voorwindei''
''Oscilla tricordata''
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