WoRMS name details
Odostomia major Melvill & Standen, 1901
738900 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:738900)
unaccepted > superseded combination
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Melvill, J. C. & Standen, R. (1901). The Mollusca of the Persian Gulf, Gulf of Oman and Arabian Seas as evidenced mainly through the collections of Mr. F. W. Townsend, 1893-1900, with descriptions of new species. Part 1, Cephalopoda, Gastropoda, Scaphopoda. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1901 (2): 327-460., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31888798
page(s): 395, pl. 23, fig. 2 [details]
page(s): 395, pl. 23, fig. 2 [details]
Type locality contained in Karachi Coast
type locality contained in Karachi Coast [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Odostomia major Melvill & Standen, 1901. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=738900 on 2025-03-31
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Nomenclature
original description
Melvill, J. C. & Standen, R. (1901). The Mollusca of the Persian Gulf, Gulf of Oman and Arabian Seas as evidenced mainly through the collections of Mr. F. W. Townsend, 1893-1900, with descriptions of new species. Part 1, Cephalopoda, Gastropoda, Scaphopoda. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1901 (2): 327-460., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31888798
page(s): 395, pl. 23, fig. 2 [details]
page(s): 395, pl. 23, fig. 2 [details]
Other
additional source
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): 206 [details]
subsequent type designation Nofroni, I., Renda, W. & Vannozzi, A. (2023). A glance at the Middle East: Notes on the genus <i>Megastomia</i> from the Arabian Peninsula, with the description of three new species (Gastropoda: Pyramidellidae). <em>Bollettino Malacologico.</em> 59(2): 166-179.
page(s): 176, figs 6A-J; note: lectotype designation [details]
page(s): 206 [details]
subsequent type designation Nofroni, I., Renda, W. & Vannozzi, A. (2023). A glance at the Middle East: Notes on the genus <i>Megastomia</i> from the Arabian Peninsula, with the description of three new species (Gastropoda: Pyramidellidae). <em>Bollettino Malacologico.</em> 59(2): 166-179.
page(s): 176, figs 6A-J; note: lectotype designation [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
