Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Orthogastropoda > Subclass Heterobranchia > Infraclass Euthyneura > Subterclass Tectipleura > Superorder Pylopulmonata > 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
*Hinemoa*	W. R. B. Oliver, 1915	synonym
*Monoptygma (Oscilla)*	A. Adams, 1861	synonym

Literature

original description	Melvill, J. C. (1904). 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 (4): 79-85, pl. 8.
basis of record	Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213.
additional source	Peñas A. & Rolán E. (2017). Deep water Pyramidelloidea from the central and South Pacific. The tribe Chrysallidini. ECIMAT (Estación de Ciencias Mariñas de Toralla), Universidade de Vigo. 412 pp.
additional source	Thiele, J. (1925). Gastropoden der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition. II Teil. Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition auf dem Dampfer "Valdivia" 1898-1899. 17(2): 35-382, pls 13-46 [reprints paginated 1–348, pls 1–34].
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, pls 4-6.
additional source	Peñas, A.; Rolán, E.; Sabelli, B. (2020). The family Pyramidellidae in the Red Sea. I. The tribe Chrysallidini. Iberus. 38 (supplement 8): 1-93.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Oscilla jocosa Melvill, 1904. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:141040