Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Heterobranchia > Infraclass [unassigned] Heterobranchia > Superfamily Pyramidelloidea > Family Pyramidellidae > Genus Oscilla

Oscilla jocosa Melvill, 1904

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Oscilla*	A. Adams, 1861	accepted genus name

Literature

original description	Melvill J. C. (1904). Descriptions of twelwe new species and one variety of marine mollusca from the Persian Gulf. Journal of Malacology 11 (4): 79-86 pl. 8
original description	Melvill, J.C. (1904c) Descriptions of twelve new species and one variety of marine Gastropoda from the Persian Gulf, Gulf of Oman, and Arabian Sea, collected by Mr. F. W. Townsend, 1902–1904. Journal of Malacology, 11, 79–85, pl. 8.
basis of record	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
additional source	Streftaris, N.; Zenetos, A.; Papathanassiou, E. (2005). Globalisation in marine ecosystems: the story of non-indigenous marine species across European seas. Oceanogr. Mar. Biol. Ann. Rev. 43: 419-453
additional source	Melvill J.C. (1910). A revision of the species of the family Pyramidellidae occurring in the Persian Gulf, Gulf of Oman and North Arabian Sea, as exemplified mostly in the collections made by Mr. F.W. Townsend (1893-1900), with descriptions of new species. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London 9: 171-207, pl. 4-6 [stated date: September 26, 1910]

Genbank

Taxonomy

CLEMAM
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External Links

Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications)
Delivering Alien Invasive Species Inventories for Europe (DAISIE)
GBIF

Citation

Gofas, S. (2014). Oscilla jocosa Melvill, 1904. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:141040