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
Pyramidellidaesensu lato, they are likely to be
ectoparasites.
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
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
Pyramidellidaesensu lato, they are likely to be
ectoparasites.
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