Oscilla somersi

Oscilla somersi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Heterobranchia; clade Euthyneura; clade Panpulmonata
Superfamily:	Pyramidelloidea
Family:	Pyramidellidae
Genus:	Boonea
Species:	O. somersi
Binomial name
	Oscilla somersi; (Verrill & Bush, 1900)
Synonyms
	Boonea somersi (Verrill & Bush, 1900); Evalea somersi (Verrill & Bush, 1900); Menestho somersi (Verrill & Bush, 1900); * Odostomia somersi Verrill & Bush, 1900 (basionym) Oscilla somersi (Verrill & Bush, 1900);

Oscilla somersi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies. The species is one of eleven known species within the Boonea genus of gastropods.^[2] ^[3]

Description[]

The shell grows to a length of approximately 2.6 mm.

Distribution[]

This marine species occurs in the following locations:^[2]

Bermudas
Caribbean Sea: Colombia
Gulf of Mexico: Florida, Louisiana, Texas
Atlantic Ocean: Bahamas, Bermudas, Brazil

References[]

^ Verrill, A. E. and K. J. Bush. 1900. Additions to the marine Mollusca of the Bermudas. Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences 10: 513-544, pls. 63-66
^ ^a ^b ^c MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Oscilla somersi (Verrill & Bush, 1900). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=739608 on 2021-11-16
^ Rosenberg, G., F. Moretzsohn, and E. F. García. 2009. Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.

Pimenta A.D., Santos F.N. & Absalão R.S. 2008. Review of the genera Ividia, Folinella, Menestho, Pseudoscilla, Tryptichus and Peristichia (Gastropoda, Pyramidellidae) from Brazil, with descriptions of four new species. The Veliger 50(3): 171-184

External links[]

To Encyclopedia of Life^{[permanent dead link]}
To World Register of Marine Species
"Odostomia (Boonea) somersi". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 2 March 2012.

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[1] Verrill, A. E. and K. J. Bush. 1900. Additions to the marine Mollusca of the Bermudas. Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences 10: 513-544, pls. 63-66

[WoRMS-2] MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Oscilla somersi (Verrill & Bush, 1900). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=739608 on 2021-11-16

[3] Rosenberg, G., F. Moretzsohn, and E. F. García. 2009. Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.

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Taxon identifiers
Oscilla somersi	Wikidata: Q61686166 SeaLifeBase: 149097 WoRMS: 739608
Boonea somersi	Wikidata: Q4943676 GBIF: 6517543 iNaturalist: 292244 IRMNG: 11807457 WoRMS: 420439
Odostomia somersi	Wikidata: Q3740607 GBIF: 5191981 IRMNG: 11304418 ITIS: 568015 SeaLifeBase: 380 WoRMS: 581253