MolluscaBase taxon details
original description
(of Lithasia dilatata I. Lea, 1861) Lea, I. (1861). Descriptions of new species of <i>Schizostoma</i>,<i> Anculosa</i> and <i>Lithasia</i>. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 13: 54-55 [19 March 1861]., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1683183
page(s): 55 [details]
original description
(of Melania abbreviata A. Gould, 1851) Gould, A.A. (1851). Descriptions of sixteen species of Melania. <em>Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History.</em> 3: 359-363., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8870661
page(s): 360 [details]
original description
(of Melania densa A. Gould, 1851) Gould, A.A. (1851). Descriptions of sixteen species of Melania. <em>Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History.</em> 3: 359-363., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8870661
page(s): 360 [details]
original description
(of Melania fuliginosa 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]
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]