WoRMS taxon details
Oscilla indica Melvill, 1896
738853 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:738853)
accepted
Species
Hinemoa indica (Melvill, 1896) · unaccepted (superseded combination)
Odostomia pupu Pilsbry, 1918 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Melvill, J. C. (1896). Descriptions of new species of minute marine shells from Bombay. <em>Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London.</em> 2: 108-116, pl. 8., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15036515
page(s): 112, pl. 8, fig. 5. [details]
page(s): 112, pl. 8, fig. 5. [details]
Type locality contained in Indian part of the Arabian Sea
, Note Bombay
type locality contained in Indian part of the Arabian Sea [details]
Type locality Bombay [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Oscilla indica Melvill, 1896. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=738853 on 2025-04-05
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Nomenclature
original description
Melvill, J. C. (1896). Descriptions of new species of minute marine shells from Bombay. <em>Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London.</em> 2: 108-116, pl. 8., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15036515
page(s): 112, pl. 8, fig. 5. [details]
original description (of Odostomia pupu Pilsbry, 1918) Pilsbry, H. A. (1918). Marine mollusks of Hawaii, IV-VII. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 69 (1): 309-333., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24683327 [details]
page(s): 112, pl. 8, fig. 5. [details]
original description (of Odostomia pupu Pilsbry, 1918) Pilsbry, H. A. (1918). Marine mollusks of Hawaii, IV-VII. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 69 (1): 309-333., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24683327 [details]
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additional source
Melvill, J. C. (1898). Descriptions of new species of marine shells from Bombay. <em>Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society.</em> 11(3): 506-514, 1 pl. (28 February)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30157259
page(s): 510, fig. 5 [details]
page(s): 510, fig. 5 [details]





From editor or global species database
Type locality Bombay [details]
To ANSP Malacology Collection (syntypes of Odostomia pupu. Pilsbry, 1918. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 69 (3): 320, text-fig. 16 - catalog no. 93943) (from synonym Odostomia pupu Pilsbry, 1918)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications)
To Malacopics (Hinemoa indica (Melvill, 1896) Turkey, Hatay, Samandag) (from synonym Hinemoa indica (Melvill, 1896))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications)
To Malacopics (Hinemoa indica (Melvill, 1896) Turkey, Hatay, Samandag) (from synonym Hinemoa indica (Melvill, 1896))