Oscilla jocosa

Oscilla jocosa is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.[1][2][3]

Oscilla jocosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
Superfamily:
Pyramidelloidea
Family:
Pyramidellidae
Genus:
Oscilla
Species:
O. jocosa
Binomial name
Oscilla jocosa
Melvill, 1904

Description

The length of the white, turriculated shell measures 2.5 mm. The protoconch is planorbid. The teleoconch contains five flattened whorls. The sculpture is marked by three rounded, slightly beaded, spiral cords. The columella has a marked tooth.[4]

Distribution

This species occurs in the following locations:[1]

References
  1. Gofas, S. (2010). Oscilla jocosa Melvill, 1904. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=141040 on 2012-01-12
  2. 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
  3. Streftaris, N.; Zenetos, A.; Papathanassiou, E. (2005). Globalisation in marine ecosystems: the story of non-indigenous marine species across European seas. Oceanogr. Mar. Biol. Annu. Rev. 43: 419-453
  4. The Mediterranean Science Commission CIESM: Oscilla jocosa
  • van Aartsen J.J., Barash A. and Carrozza F., 1989. Addition to the knowledge of the Mediterranean mollusca of Israel and Sinai. Bollettino Malacologico, 25(1-4): 63-76.
  • van Aartsen J. J., 1994. European Pyramidellidae: 4. The genera Eulimella, Anisocycla, Syrnola, Cingulina, Oscilla and Careliopsis. Bollettino Malacologico, 30(5-9): 85-110.


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