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Is Oscilla jocosa an ectoparasite of Trochus erithreus? (Gastropoda, Pyramidellidae & Trochidae)
Mienis, H.K. (2003). Is Oscilla jocosa an ectoparasite of Trochus erithreus? (Gastropoda, Pyramidellidae & Trochidae). Triton 7: 1
In: Triton: Journal of the Israel Malacological Society. Israel Malacological Society: Rehovot. ISSN 1565-1916, more
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Keywords
    Fauna > Aquatic organisms > Aquatic animals > Shellfish > Marine organisms > Marine molluscs
    Interspecific relationships > Parasitism
    Gastropoda [WoRMS]; Mollusca [WoRMS]; Pyramidellidae J. E. Gray, 1840 [WoRMS]; Trochidae Rafinesque, 1815 [WoRMS]; Trochus erithreus Brocchi, 1821 [WoRMS]
    ISW, Aqaba Gulf [Marine Regions]; ISW, Israel, Elat [Marine Regions]; ISW, Red Sea [Marine Regions]

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  • Mienis, H.K.

Abstract
    A specimen of Trochus (Infundibulops) erithreus collected at Elat, Gulf of Aqaba, turned out to host three specimens of Oscilla jocosa, a Pyramidellid species. Since all Pyramidellids are parasites of other invertebrates O. jocosa is most probably a parasite of T. erithreus

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