original description
(of Melania clavaeformis I. Lea, 1841) Lea, I. (1841). On fresh water and land shells (continuation) [description of fifty-seven new species of <i>Melania</i>]. <em>Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society.</em> 2(16): 11-15 [assumed publication date in March 1841 teste Scudder (1885: 27)]., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34521473
page(s): 12 [details]
original description
(of Goniobasis cumberlandiensis I. Lea, 1863) Lea I. (1863). Descriptions of fourteen new species of Melanidae and one <i>Paludina</i>. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 15: 154-156 [30 June 1863]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1958418
page(s): 155 [details]
original description
(of Goniobasis estabrookii I. Lea, 1862) Lea I. (1862). Description of a new genus (<i>Goniobasis</i>) of the family Melanidae and eighty-two new species. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 14: 262-273 [after 27 May 1862]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26361234
page(s): 264 [details]
original description
(of Goniobasis graminea Haldeman, 1865) Haldeman, S.S. (1865). Descriptions of two new species of <i>Goniobasis</i>. <em>American Journal of Conchology.</em> 1(1): 37, plate 1., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16084537
page(s): 37, pl. 1, fig. 4 [details]
original description
(of Goniobasis pulla I. Lea, 1864) Lea, I. (1864). Descriptions of thirteen new species of Melanidae of the United States. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 16: 111-113 [after 25 April 1864, before 30 June 1864]., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26360735
page(s): 112 [details]
original description
(of Melania adusta J. G. Anthony, 1860) Anthony, J.G. (1860). Descriptions of new species of American fluviatile gastropods. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 12: 55-72., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26297202
page(s): 55 [details]
original description
(of Melania funebralis J. G. Anthony, 1860) Anthony, J.G. (1860). Descriptions of new species of American fluviatile gastropods. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 12: 55-72., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26297202
page(s): 56 [details]
original description
(of Melania glabra I. Lea, 1841) Lea, I. (1841). On fresh water and land shells (continuation) [twenty-two new species of fresh water and land shells of the United States, chiefly from Alabama and Tennessee]. <em>Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society.</em> 2(19): 81-83 [on or before 16 November 1841 teste Scudder (1885: 34)]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34521509
page(s): 82 [details]
original description
(of Melania hybrida J. G. Anthony, 1860) Anthony, J.G. (1860). Descriptions of new species of American fluviatile gastropods. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 12: 55-72., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26297202
page(s): 60 [details]
original description
(of Melania larvaeformis Reeve, 1860) Reeve, L. A. (1859-1861). Monograph of the genus <i>Melania</i>. In: <i>Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals</i>, vol. 12, pls 1-59 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London. [stated dates: pl. 1, June 1861; pls 2-9, November 1859; pls 10-17, December 1859; pls 18-25, 28-29, January 1860; pls 26-27, 30, February 1860; pls 31-33, May 1860; pls 34-45, September 1860; pls 46-47, November 1860; pls 48-49, December 1860, pls 50-51, March 1861; pls 52-53, April 1861; pls 54-59, May 1861]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11125701
page(s): species 357, pl. 48, fig. 357 [details]
original description
(of Melania nigrocincta J. G. Anthony, 1854) Anthony, J.G. (1854). Descriptions of new fluviatile shells of the genus <i>Melania</i> Lam., from the western states of North America. <em>Annals of the Lyceum of Natural History of New York.</em> 6: 80-130, plates 1-3., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16023670
page(s): 90, pl. 2, fig. 8 [details]
original description
(of Melania subcarinata Reeve, 1860) Reeve, L. A. (1859-1861). Monograph of the genus <i>Melania</i>. In: <i>Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals</i>, vol. 12, pls 1-59 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London. [stated dates: pl. 1, June 1861; pls 2-9, November 1859; pls 10-17, December 1859; pls 18-25, 28-29, January 1860; pls 26-27, 30, February 1860; pls 31-33, May 1860; pls 34-45, September 1860; pls 46-47, November 1860; pls 48-49, December 1860, pls 50-51, March 1861; pls 52-53, April 1861; pls 54-59, May 1861]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11125701
page(s): species 282, pl. 40, fig. 282 [details]
original description
(of Melania approximata Haldeman, 1842) Haldeman, S. S. (1842). <i>New species of shells. A monograph of the Limniades or freshwater univalve shells of North America</i>. 4. J. Dobson, Philadelphia. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11651599
page(s): backcover [details]
original description
(of Melania torulosa J. G. Anthony, 1854) Anthony, J.G. (1854). Descriptions of new fluviatile shells of the genus <i>Melania</i> Lam., from the western states of North America. <em>Annals of the Lyceum of Natural History of New York.</em> 6: 80-130, plates 1-3., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16023670
page(s): 110, pl. 3, fig. 10 [details]
basis of record
Johnson, P. D.; Bogan, A. E.; Brown, K. M.; Burkhead, N. M.; Cordeiro, J. R.; Garner, J. T.; Hartfield, P. D.; Lepitzki, D. A. W.; Mackie, G. L.; Tarpley, T. A.; Tiemann, J. S.; Whelan, N. V.; Strong, E. E. (2013). Conservation status of freshwater gastropods of Canada and the United States. <em>Fisheries.</em> 38(6): 247-282., available online at http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/03632415.2013.785396 [details] Available for editors [request]
status source
Whelan, N. V.; Johnson, P. D.; Garner, J. T.; Garrison, N. L.; Strong, E. E. (2022). Prodigious polyphyly in Pleuroceridae (Gastropoda: Cerithioidea). <em>Bulletin of the Society of Systematic Biologists.</em> 1(2): 8419: 1-27., available online at https://doi.org/10.18061/bssb.v1i2.8419 [details]
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