Oscilla (gastropod)

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]

Oscilla
Oscilla tricordata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Family: Pyramidellidae
Genus: Oscilla
A. Adams, 1861 [1]
Synonyms

Miralda (Oscilla) A. Adams, 1861

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 ligata (Angas, 1877)
  • 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]

  • 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) [6]
Species brought into synonymy
  • Oscilla bosyuensis (Nomura, S., 1937):[7] 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 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
  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. "Oscilla stupa". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 28 January 2012.
  7. Gastropods.com: Oscilla bosyuensis; retrieved: 28 January 32012
  • 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.
  • Aartsen, J. J. van. (1994). "European Pyramidellidae: IV The Genera Eulimella, Anisocycla, Syrnola, Cingulina, Oscilla and Careliopsis". Bollettino Malacologico. 30: 85–110.
  • Adams, A. (1861). "On a new genus and some new species of Pyramidellidae from the North of China". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. (3) (7): 295–299.
  • Mienis, H. K. (2003). "Is Oscilla jocosa an ectoparasite of Trochus erithreus? (Gastropoda, Pyramidellidae & Trochidae)". Triton. 7: 1.
  • 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
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