Home Acknowledgments Conventions Glossary Maps References Links Articles Thumbnails Species list Family Next species _______________   Additional Photos   shell	Oscilla indica Melvill, 1896   Maximum size:  2.8 mm shell length. Identification:  This species has a conical shell with three prominent, smooth cords on each whorl. There is a single fold on the columella. The final whorl has six spiral cords. Animals are cream, blotched with gray. Natural history:  Shells of Oscilla indica are moderately common in beach drift. Live animals can be found occasionally in tide pools and shallow rocky habitats. Distribution:  Big Island, Maui, Oahu, French Frigate Shoals and Midway: widely distributed in the Indo-Pacific. Taxonomic notes:  This species is listed in Kay, 1979 as Hinemoa indica. However, the more elongate shells lumped with the species by Kay are actually Cingulina sp. #1 and the shell illustrated in Fig. 32 is of the latter species. It's listed at Oscilla pupu in Severns, 2011 but Oscilla pupu (Pilsbry, 1917) is probably a synonym of Ocilla indica. (John van Aarntsen, pers. com.) Photo:  CP: Maalaea Bay, Maui; Oct. 21, 2002(?). Observations and comments: Note 1:  ( )
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