WoRMS name details
Oscilla tornata Melvill, 1893
738854 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:738854)
uncertain > taxon inquirendum
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Melvill, J. C. (1893). Descriptions of twenty-five new species of marine shells from Bombay collected by Alexander Abercrombie, Esq. <em>Memoirs and proceedings of the Manchester Literary & Philosophical Society.</em> 7: 52-67, 1 pl., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10159687
page(s): 59, pl. 1, fig. 12. [details]
page(s): 59, pl. 1, fig. 12. [details]
Homonymy Preoccupied in Oscilla by O. tornata (A. E. Verrill, 1884).
Homonymy Preoccupied in Oscilla by O. tornata (A. E. Verrill, 1884). [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Oscilla tornata Melvill, 1893. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=738854 on 2025-05-21
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Nomenclature
original description
Melvill, J. C. (1893). Descriptions of twenty-five new species of marine shells from Bombay collected by Alexander Abercrombie, Esq. <em>Memoirs and proceedings of the Manchester Literary & Philosophical Society.</em> 7: 52-67, 1 pl., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10159687
page(s): 59, pl. 1, fig. 12. [details]
basis of record 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. <em>Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London.</em> 9: 171-207, pls 4-6., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30825003
page(s): 194 [details]
page(s): 59, pl. 1, fig. 12. [details]
basis of record 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. <em>Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London.</em> 9: 171-207, pls 4-6., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30825003
page(s): 194 [details]
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additional source
Melvill, J. C. (1893). Descriptions of twenty-five new species of marine shells from Bombay, collected by Mr. Alexander Abercrombie. <em>Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society.</em> 8(2): 234-245, pl. 1., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30402906
page(s): 239-240, pl. 1, fig. 12 [details]
page(s): 239-240, pl. 1, fig. 12 [details]
From editor or global species database
Homonymy Preoccupied in Oscilla by O. tornata (A. E. Verrill, 1884). [details]
