MolluscaBase taxon details
Lithasia obovata (Say, 1829)
1117119 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1117119)
accepted
Species
Anculosa lewisii I. Lea, 1861 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Anculosa planispira C. Goodrich, 1921 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Goniobasis infantula I. Lea, 1863 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Goniobasis informis I. Lea, 1863 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Goniobasis louisvillensis I. Lea, 1863 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Goniobasis microlineata Goodrich, 1921 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Goniobasis pennsylvanica Pilsbry, 1916 · unaccepted
Goniobasis vicina (J. G. Anthony, 1854) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Lithasia obovata biconica Pilsbry, 1903 · unaccepted
Lithasia obovata f. depygis Say, 1829 · unaccepted
Lithasia plicata Wetherby, 1876 · unaccepted
Melania chalybaea Brot, 1862 · unaccepted (nomen nudum)
Melania consanguinea J. G. Anthony, 1854 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Melania coronilla J. G. Anthony, 1854 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Melania curvilabris J. G. Anthony, 1854 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Melania depygis Say, 1829 · unaccepted
Melania elegantula J. G. Anthony, 1854 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Melania gibbosa I. Lea, 1852 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Melania hildrethiana I. Lea, 1841 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Melania incurta Reeve, 1860 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Melania latitans J. G. Anthony, 1854 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Melania lattitans Goodrich, 1944 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Melania nucleola A. Gould, 1851 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Melania obovata Say, 1829 · unaccepted (original combination)
Melania perfusca I. Lea, 1841 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Melania planospira J. G. Anthony, 1854 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Melania rarinodosa Reeve, 1860 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Melania rhombica J. G. Anthony, 1854 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Melania saffordi I. Lea, 1852 · unaccepted (incorrect subsequent spelling)
Melania saffordii I. Lea, 1852 · unaccepted
Melania sordida I. Lea, 1841 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Melania tabulata J. G. Anthony, 1854 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Melania undosa J. G. Anthony, 1854 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Melania vicina J. G. Anthony, 1854 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Trypanostoma tennesseense I. Lea, 1862 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
- Subspecies Lithasia obovata biconica Pilsbry, 1903 accepted as Lithasia obovata (Say, 1829)
- Forma Lithasia obovata f. depygis Say, 1829 accepted as Lithasia obovata (Say, 1829)
(of Melania obovata Say, 1829) Say T. (1829). Descriptions of some new terrestrial and fluviatile shells of North America. (cont.). <em>The Disseminator of Useful Knowledge; containing hints to the youth of the U. States, from the School of Industry.</em> 2(18): 275-277 [9 September 1829].
page(s): 276 [details]
page(s): 276 [details]
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original description
(of Goniobasis pennsylvanica Pilsbry, 1916) Pilsbry, H. A. (1916). <i>Goniobasis</i> in western Pennsylvania. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 30(1): 4-5., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1748537 [details]
original description (of Lithasia plicata Wetherby, 1876) Wetherby, A.G. (1876). Remarks on the variation in form of the family Strepomatidae, with descriptions of new species. Proceedings of the Cincinnati Society of Natural History, 1: 1-12, plate 1.
page(s): 9, pl. 1, fig. 1 [details]
original description (of Anculosa lewisii 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): 54 [details]
original description (of Goniobasis infantula 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 informis 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): 154 [details]
original description (of Goniobasis louisvillensis 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 microlineata Goodrich, 1921) Goodrich, C. (1921). Three new species of Pleuroceridae. Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan, 91: 1-5, plate 1.
page(s): 4, pl. 1, fig. 4 [details]
original description (of Melania consanguinea 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): 125, pl. 3, fig. 26 [details]
original description (of Melania coronilla 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): 126, pl. 3, fig. 27 [details]
original description (of Melania curvilabris 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): 102, pl. 3, fig. 1b [details]
original description (of Melania depygis Say, 1829) Say T. (1829). Descriptions of some new terrestrial and fluviatile shells of North America. (cont.). <em>The Disseminator of Useful Knowledge; Containing Hints to the Youth of the U. States, from the School of Industry.</em> 2(19): 291-293 [23 September 1829].
page(s): 291 [details]
original description (of Melania elegantula 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): 103, pl. 3, fig. 2 [details]
original description (of Melania hildrethiana 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): 11 [details]
original description (of Melania incurta 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 300, pl. 41, fig. 300 [details]
original description (of Melania gibbosa I. Lea, 1852) Lea, I. (1852). Description of a new genus (<i>Basistoma</i>,) of the family Melaniana, together with some new species of American melaniae. <em>Transactions of the American Philosophical Society.</em> (NS) 10: 295-302, pl. 30., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4529862
page(s): 301, pl. 30, fig. 12 [details]
original description (of Melania latitans 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): 88, pl. 2, fig. 6 [details]
original description (of Melania obovata Say, 1829) Say T. (1829). Descriptions of some new terrestrial and fluviatile shells of North America. (cont.). <em>The Disseminator of Useful Knowledge; containing hints to the youth of the U. States, from the School of Industry.</em> 2(18): 275-277 [9 September 1829].
page(s): 276 [details]
original description (of Melania perfusca 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 planospira 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): 123, pl. 3, fig. 24 [details]
original description (of Melania rarinodosa 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 268, pl. 38, fig. 268 [details]
original description (of Melania nucleola 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 rhombica 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): 116, pl. 3, fig. 16 [details]
original description (of Melania sordida 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 Melania tabulata 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): 118, pl. 3, fig. 18 [details]
original description (of Melania undosa 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): 124, pl. 3, fig. 25 [details]
original description (of Melania vicina 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): 114, pl. 3, fig. 14 [details]
original description (of Trypanostoma tennesseense I. Lea, 1862) Lea, I. (1862). Description of a new genus, (<i>Trypanostoma</i>) of the family Melanidae, and of forty-five new species. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 14: 169-175 [after 29 April 1862]., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1951641
page(s): 175 [details]
original description (of Melania saffordii I. Lea, 1852) Lea, I. (1852). Description of a new genus (<i>Basistoma</i>,) of the family Melaniana, together with some new species of American melaniae. <em>Transactions of the American Philosophical Society.</em> (NS) 10: 295-302, pl. 30., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4529862
page(s): 300, pl. 30, fig. 10 [details]
original description (of Melania chalybaea Brot, 1862) Brot, A. (1862). Matériaux pour servir a l'étude de la famille des Mélaniens. I. Catalogue systématique des espéces qui composent la famille des Mélaniens. Vol. 1. Jules-Guillaume Fick, Genève. 1-72., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12114511
page(s): 37 [details]
original description (of Lithasia obovata biconica Pilsbry, 1903) Blatchley, W.S.; Daniels, L.E. (1903). On some Mollusca known to occur in Indiana: a supplementary paper to Call's catalogue. Annual Report of the Indiana Department of Geology and Natural Resources, 26: 577-628, plates 1-3., available online at https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015058442768&view=1up&seq=5
page(s): 604, fig. 23a [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
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additional source Magruder, S. R. (1934). Notes on the life history of <i>Pleurocera canaliculatum undulatun</i> Say. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 48(1): 26-28., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8520857
page(s): 28 [details]
additional source Magruder, S. R. (1935). Record of a crystalline style in two fresh water gastropods. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 48(3): 101-102., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8520940 [details]
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]
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]
original description (of Lithasia plicata Wetherby, 1876) Wetherby, A.G. (1876). Remarks on the variation in form of the family Strepomatidae, with descriptions of new species. Proceedings of the Cincinnati Society of Natural History, 1: 1-12, plate 1.
page(s): 9, pl. 1, fig. 1 [details]
original description (of Anculosa lewisii 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): 54 [details]
original description (of Goniobasis infantula 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 informis 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): 154 [details]
original description (of Goniobasis louisvillensis 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 microlineata Goodrich, 1921) Goodrich, C. (1921). Three new species of Pleuroceridae. Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan, 91: 1-5, plate 1.
page(s): 4, pl. 1, fig. 4 [details]
original description (of Melania consanguinea 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): 125, pl. 3, fig. 26 [details]
original description (of Melania coronilla 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): 126, pl. 3, fig. 27 [details]
original description (of Melania curvilabris 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): 102, pl. 3, fig. 1b [details]
original description (of Melania depygis Say, 1829) Say T. (1829). Descriptions of some new terrestrial and fluviatile shells of North America. (cont.). <em>The Disseminator of Useful Knowledge; Containing Hints to the Youth of the U. States, from the School of Industry.</em> 2(19): 291-293 [23 September 1829].
page(s): 291 [details]
original description (of Melania elegantula 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): 103, pl. 3, fig. 2 [details]
original description (of Melania hildrethiana 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): 11 [details]
original description (of Melania incurta 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 300, pl. 41, fig. 300 [details]
original description (of Melania gibbosa I. Lea, 1852) Lea, I. (1852). Description of a new genus (<i>Basistoma</i>,) of the family Melaniana, together with some new species of American melaniae. <em>Transactions of the American Philosophical Society.</em> (NS) 10: 295-302, pl. 30., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4529862
page(s): 301, pl. 30, fig. 12 [details]
original description (of Melania latitans 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): 88, pl. 2, fig. 6 [details]
original description (of Melania obovata Say, 1829) Say T. (1829). Descriptions of some new terrestrial and fluviatile shells of North America. (cont.). <em>The Disseminator of Useful Knowledge; containing hints to the youth of the U. States, from the School of Industry.</em> 2(18): 275-277 [9 September 1829].
page(s): 276 [details]
original description (of Melania perfusca 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 planospira 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): 123, pl. 3, fig. 24 [details]
original description (of Melania rarinodosa 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 268, pl. 38, fig. 268 [details]
original description (of Melania nucleola 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 rhombica 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): 116, pl. 3, fig. 16 [details]
original description (of Melania sordida 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 Melania tabulata 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): 118, pl. 3, fig. 18 [details]
original description (of Melania undosa 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): 124, pl. 3, fig. 25 [details]
original description (of Melania vicina 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): 114, pl. 3, fig. 14 [details]
original description (of Trypanostoma tennesseense I. Lea, 1862) Lea, I. (1862). Description of a new genus, (<i>Trypanostoma</i>) of the family Melanidae, and of forty-five new species. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 14: 169-175 [after 29 April 1862]., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1951641
page(s): 175 [details]
original description (of Melania saffordii I. Lea, 1852) Lea, I. (1852). Description of a new genus (<i>Basistoma</i>,) of the family Melaniana, together with some new species of American melaniae. <em>Transactions of the American Philosophical Society.</em> (NS) 10: 295-302, pl. 30., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4529862
page(s): 300, pl. 30, fig. 10 [details]
original description (of Melania chalybaea Brot, 1862) Brot, A. (1862). Matériaux pour servir a l'étude de la famille des Mélaniens. I. Catalogue systématique des espéces qui composent la famille des Mélaniens. Vol. 1. Jules-Guillaume Fick, Genève. 1-72., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12114511
page(s): 37 [details]
original description (of Lithasia obovata biconica Pilsbry, 1903) Blatchley, W.S.; Daniels, L.E. (1903). On some Mollusca known to occur in Indiana: a supplementary paper to Call's catalogue. Annual Report of the Indiana Department of Geology and Natural Resources, 26: 577-628, plates 1-3., available online at https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015058442768&view=1up&seq=5
page(s): 604, fig. 23a [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]additional source Magruder, S. R. (1934). Notes on the life history of <i>Pleurocera canaliculatum undulatun</i> Say. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 48(1): 26-28., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8520857
page(s): 28 [details]
additional source Magruder, S. R. (1935). Record of a crystalline style in two fresh water gastropods. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 48(3): 101-102., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8520940 [details]
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]
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]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To ANSP Malacology Collection (syntype of Melania depygis. Say, 1829. Disseminator of Useful Knowledge 2 (19): 291 - catalog no. 200661) (from synonym Melania depygis Say, 1829)
To ANSP Malacology Collection (syntype of Melania elegantula. Anthony, 1854. Annals of the Lyceum of Natural History of New York 6: 103 - catalog no. 8580) (from synonym Melania elegantula J. G. Anthony, 1854)
To ANSP Malacology Collection (syntypes of Goniobasis pennsylvanica. Pilsbry, 1916. Nautilus 30 (1): 4-5 - catalog no. 73954) (from synonym Goniobasis pennsylvanica Pilsbry, 1916)
To Malacopics (Lithasia obovata (Say, 1829))
To NMNH Extant Collection (USNM 1441772)
To NMNH Extant Collection (USNM 1441787)
To ANSP Malacology Collection (syntype of Melania elegantula. Anthony, 1854. Annals of the Lyceum of Natural History of New York 6: 103 - catalog no. 8580) (from synonym Melania elegantula J. G. Anthony, 1854)
To ANSP Malacology Collection (syntypes of Goniobasis pennsylvanica. Pilsbry, 1916. Nautilus 30 (1): 4-5 - catalog no. 73954) (from synonym Goniobasis pennsylvanica Pilsbry, 1916)
To Malacopics (Lithasia obovata (Say, 1829))
To NMNH Extant Collection (USNM 1441772)
To NMNH Extant Collection (USNM 1441787)
