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Lithasia Haldeman, 1840
743499 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:743499)
accepted
Genus
Anculosa geniculata Haldeman, 1840 accepted as Lithasia geniculata (Haldeman, 1840) (type by monotypy)
Anculosa (Lithasia) Haldeman, 1840 · unaccepted
Angitrema Haldeman, 1841 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Ellipstoma Rafinesque, 1818 · unaccepted (suppressed by ICZN Opinion 2093)
Eurycaelon I. Lea, 1864 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Goniobasis (Eurycaelon) I. Lea, 1864 · unaccepted
Lithasia (Angitrema) Haldeman, 1841 · unaccepted
Lithasia (Lithasia) Haldeman, 1840 · alternative representation
Meseschiza I. Lea, 1864 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
- Species Lithasia armigera (Say, 1821)
- Species Lithasia bubala Minton, 2013
- Species Lithasia curta I. Lea, 1868
- Species Lithasia duttoniana (I. Lea, 1841)
- Species Lithasia fuliginosa (I. Lea, 1841)
- Species Lithasia geniculata (Haldeman, 1840)
- Species Lithasia hubrichti Clench, 1965
- Species Lithasia jayana (I. Lea, 1841)
- Species Lithasia lima (Conrad, 1834)
- Species Lithasia obovata (Say, 1829)
- Species Lithasia pinguis (I. Lea, 1852)
- Species Lithasia salebrosa (Conrad, 1834)
- Species Lithasia spicula Minton, Savarese & D. C. Campbell, 2005
- Species Lithasia verrucosa (Rafinesque, 1820)
- Subgenus Lithasia (Angitrema) Haldeman, 1841 accepted as Lithasia Haldeman, 1840
- Species Lithasia antiqua Gabb, 1866 † accepted as Pilsbryus occidentalis (J. Hall, 1845) †
- Species Lithasia cylindrica I. Lea, 1866 accepted as Elimia brevis (I. Lea, 1843) (junior synonym)
- Species Lithasia dilatata I. Lea, 1861 accepted as Lithasia geniculata fuliginosa (I. Lea, 1841) accepted as Lithasia fuliginosa (I. Lea, 1841) (junior synonym)
- Species Lithasia downiei I. Lea, 1862 accepted as Lithasia armigera (Say, 1821) (junior synonym)
- Species Lithasia florentiana (I. Lea, 1841) accepted as Lithasia salebrosa florentiana (I. Lea, 1841) (unaccepted > superseded rank)
- Species Lithasia fusiformis I. Lea, 1861 accepted as Elimia fusiformis (I. Lea, 1861) (original combination)
- Species Lithasia imperialis I. Lea, 1861 accepted as Lithasia salebrosa florentiana (I. Lea, 1841) (junior synonym)
- Species Lithasia nuclea I. Lea, 1860 accepted as Leptoxis compacta (J. G. Anthony, 1854) (junior synonym)
- Species Lithasia plicata Wetherby, 1876 accepted as Lithasia obovata (Say, 1829)
- Species Lithasia purpurea I. Lea, 1868 accepted as Elimia clara (J. G. Anthony, 1854) (junior synonym)
- Species Lithasia showalterii I. Lea, 1860 accepted as Elimia showalterii (I. Lea, 1860) (original combination)
- Species Lithasia subglobosa I. Lea, 1861 accepted as Lithasia salebrosa subglobosa (I. Lea, 1861) (original combination)
- Species Lithasia toumeyi [sic] accepted as Lithasia tuomeyi I. Lea, 1861 accepted as Lithasia salebrosa florentiana (I. Lea, 1841) (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
- Species Lithasia tuomeyi I. Lea, 1861 accepted as Lithasia salebrosa florentiana (I. Lea, 1841) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Lithasia vittata I. Lea, 1862 accepted as Elimia bellula (I. Lea, 1861) (junior synonym)
- Species Lithasia wheatleyi I. Lea, 1866 accepted as Elimia clara (J. G. Anthony, 1854) (junior synonym)
- Subgenus Lithasia (Lithasia) Haldeman, 1840 represented as Lithasia Haldeman, 1840
Haldeman, S. S. (1840). Supplement to number one of "A monograph of the Limniades or Fresh-water Univalve Shells of North America.". Suppl. to no. 1, Philadelphia, 3 pages.
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MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Lithasia Haldeman, 1840. Accessed at: http://molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=743499 on 2025-06-27
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original description
Haldeman, S. S. (1840). Supplement to number one of "A monograph of the Limniades or Fresh-water Univalve Shells of North America.". Suppl. to no. 1, Philadelphia, 3 pages.
page(s): 1 [details]
original description (of Angitrema Haldeman, 1841) Haldeman, S.S. (1841). Paludina. A monograph of the Limniades or freshwater univalve shells of North America. 2. J. Dobson, Philadelphia. 17-32, plates 6-10.
page(s): cover [details]
original description (of Meseschiza I. Lea, 1864) Lea, I. (1864). Description of a new genus of the family Melanidae. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 16: 2-3 [after 26 January 1864, before 23 April 1864]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1942656
page(s): 2 [details]
original description (of Goniobasis (Eurycaelon) I. Lea, 1864) Lea, I. (1864). Descriptions of eleven new species of indigenous Melanidae. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 16: 3-5 [after 26 January 1864, before 23 April 1864]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1942657
page(s): 3 [details]
basis of record Burch, J. B. & Tottenham, J. L. (1980). North American freshwater snails. Species list, ranges and illustrations. <em>Walkerana.</em> 1(3): 81-215 [30 June 1980]., available online at https://molluskconservation.org/PUBLICATIONS/WALKERANA/Vol1/walkerana%20vol1%20no3%2081-216.PDF
page(s): 160 [details] Available for editors
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additional source Minton, R. L. (2002). A cladistic analysis of <i>Lithasia</i> (Gastropoda: Pleuroceridae) using morphological characters. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 116(2): 39-49., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8270548 [details]
page(s): 1 [details]
original description (of Angitrema Haldeman, 1841) Haldeman, S.S. (1841). Paludina. A monograph of the Limniades or freshwater univalve shells of North America. 2. J. Dobson, Philadelphia. 17-32, plates 6-10.
page(s): cover [details]
original description (of Meseschiza I. Lea, 1864) Lea, I. (1864). Description of a new genus of the family Melanidae. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 16: 2-3 [after 26 January 1864, before 23 April 1864]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1942656
page(s): 2 [details]
original description (of Goniobasis (Eurycaelon) I. Lea, 1864) Lea, I. (1864). Descriptions of eleven new species of indigenous Melanidae. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 16: 3-5 [after 26 January 1864, before 23 April 1864]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1942657
page(s): 3 [details]
basis of record Burch, J. B. & Tottenham, J. L. (1980). North American freshwater snails. Species list, ranges and illustrations. <em>Walkerana.</em> 1(3): 81-215 [30 June 1980]., available online at https://molluskconservation.org/PUBLICATIONS/WALKERANA/Vol1/walkerana%20vol1%20no3%2081-216.PDF
page(s): 160 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Minton, R. L. (2002). A cladistic analysis of <i>Lithasia</i> (Gastropoda: Pleuroceridae) using morphological characters. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 116(2): 39-49., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8270548 [details]
