MolluscaBase taxon details
Menetus opercularis (A. Gould, 1847)
1309983 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1309983)
accepted
Species
Helix prostrata Pease, 1865 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Menetus (Menetus) opercularis (A. Gould, 1847) · alternative representation
Menetus cooperi var. planospirus F. C. Baker, 1945 · unaccepted
Menetus labiatus F. C. Baker, 1945 · unaccepted
Menetus planulatus (W. Cooper, 1860) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Menetus portlandensis F. C. Baker, 1945 · unaccepted
Planorbis callioglyptus Vanatta, 1895 · unaccepted
Planorbis centervillensis Tryon, 1871 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Planorbis cooperi F. C. Baker, 1940 · unaccepted (replacement name)
Planorbis multilineatus Vanatta, 1899 · unaccepted (replacement name)
Planorbis opercularis A. Gould, 1847 · unaccepted (original combination)
Planorbis opercularis planulatus W. Cooper, 1860 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Planorbis opercularis var. oregonensis Vanatta, 1895 · unaccepted (original combination)
Planorbis planulatus W. Cooper, 1860 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
recent only
(of Planorbis opercularis A. Gould, 1847) Gould, A. A. (1847). Descriptions of new shells, collected by the United States Exploring Expedition. <em>Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History.</em> 2: 196-198, 200-203, 204-208 [March]; 209, 210-212, 214-215, 222-224 [June]; 225, 237-239 [July]; 251-252 [December]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9490880
page(s): 212 [details]
page(s): 212 [details]
Note USA, "Rio Sacramento, Upper California"
From editor or global species database
Type locality USA, "Rio Sacramento, Upper California" [details]
Distribution Western USA and Canada (British Columbiua, Alberta)
Distribution Western USA and Canada (British Columbiua, Alberta) [details]
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original description
(of Planorbis opercularis A. Gould, 1847) Gould, A. A. (1847). Descriptions of new shells, collected by the United States Exploring Expedition. <em>Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History.</em> 2: 196-198, 200-203, 204-208 [March]; 209, 210-212, 214-215, 222-224 [June]; 225, 237-239 [July]; 251-252 [December]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9490880
page(s): 212 [details]
original description (of Planorbis planulatus W. Cooper, 1860) Cooper, W. (1860). Report upon the Mollusca collected on the survey. United States War Department, Pacific Railroad Surveys, 12(book 2, part 1): 369-386.
page(s): 378 [details]
original description (of Planorbis centervillensis Tryon, 1871) Tryon, G. W. (1871). <i>A monograph of the fresh-water univalve Mollusca of the United States. Part 4</i>. Conchology section, Academy of Natural Sciences Philadelphia, Philadelphia. pp 187-238, plates 2, 5-7.
page(s): 210, pl. 7, figs. 7-9 [details]
original description (of Planorbis callioglyptus Vanatta, 1895) Vanatta, E. G. (1895). Notes on the smaller American planorbes. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 9(5): 52-55., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1731397
page(s): 54 [details]
original description (of Planorbis multilineatus Vanatta, 1899) Vanatta, E. G. (1899). <i>Planorbis opercularis</i> var. <i>oregonensis</i> Van. preoccupied. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 13(4): 48., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42799948
page(s): 48 [details]
original description (of Planorbis cooperi F. C. Baker, 1940) Baker, F. C. (1941). A new species of <i>Drepanotrema</i> and some preoccupied planorbid names. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 54(3): 96-97, pl. 8, lower figs., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8519255
page(s): 97 [details]
original description (of Menetus labiatus F. C. Baker, 1945) Baker, F. C. (1945). The molluscan family Planorbidae. Collation, revision, and additions by Harley Jones Van Cleave. xxxvi + 530 pp., 1 portrait. [4 April]. Urbana (University of Illinois Press)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6519705
page(s): 232, plate 121, figs. 9-11 [details]
original description (of Menetus portlandensis F. C. Baker, 1945) Baker, F. C. (1945). The molluscan family Planorbidae. Collation, revision, and additions by Harley Jones Van Cleave. xxxvi + 530 pp., 1 portrait. [4 April]. Urbana (University of Illinois Press)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6519705
page(s): 233, plate 121, figs. 12-18 [details]
original description (of Planorbis opercularis var. oregonensis Vanatta, 1895) Vanatta, E. G. (1895). Notes on the smaller American planorbes. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 9(5): 52-55., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1731397
page(s): 54 [details]
original description (of Planorbis cooperi var. crassilabris F. C. Baker, 1945) Baker, F. C. (1945). The molluscan family Planorbidae. Collation, revision, and additions by Harley Jones Van Cleave. xxxvi + 530 pp., 1 portrait. [4 April]. Urbana (University of Illinois Press)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6519705
page(s): 230, plate 121, figs. 19-21 [details]
original description (of Menetus cooperi var. planospirus F. C. Baker, 1945) Baker, F. C. (1945). The molluscan family Planorbidae. Collation, revision, and additions by Harley Jones Van Cleave. xxxvi + 530 pp., 1 portrait. [4 April]. Urbana (University of Illinois Press)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6519705
page(s): 231, plate 122, figs. 3-6 [details]
original description (of Helix prostrata Pease, 1865) Pease, W. H. (1865). Descriptions of new species of land shells from the islands of the Central Pacific. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> (1864): 668-676., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28501011
page(s): 670 [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 Burch, J. B. (1989). <i>North American freshwater snails</i>. Malacological Publications, Hamburg, Michigan. pp. i-viii, 1-365.
page(s): 202, figs. 722, 723 [details]
page(s): 212 [details]
original description (of Planorbis planulatus W. Cooper, 1860) Cooper, W. (1860). Report upon the Mollusca collected on the survey. United States War Department, Pacific Railroad Surveys, 12(book 2, part 1): 369-386.
page(s): 378 [details]
original description (of Planorbis centervillensis Tryon, 1871) Tryon, G. W. (1871). <i>A monograph of the fresh-water univalve Mollusca of the United States. Part 4</i>. Conchology section, Academy of Natural Sciences Philadelphia, Philadelphia. pp 187-238, plates 2, 5-7.
page(s): 210, pl. 7, figs. 7-9 [details]
original description (of Planorbis callioglyptus Vanatta, 1895) Vanatta, E. G. (1895). Notes on the smaller American planorbes. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 9(5): 52-55., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1731397
page(s): 54 [details]
original description (of Planorbis multilineatus Vanatta, 1899) Vanatta, E. G. (1899). <i>Planorbis opercularis</i> var. <i>oregonensis</i> Van. preoccupied. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 13(4): 48., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42799948
page(s): 48 [details]
original description (of Planorbis cooperi F. C. Baker, 1940) Baker, F. C. (1941). A new species of <i>Drepanotrema</i> and some preoccupied planorbid names. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 54(3): 96-97, pl. 8, lower figs., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8519255
page(s): 97 [details]
original description (of Menetus labiatus F. C. Baker, 1945) Baker, F. C. (1945). The molluscan family Planorbidae. Collation, revision, and additions by Harley Jones Van Cleave. xxxvi + 530 pp., 1 portrait. [4 April]. Urbana (University of Illinois Press)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6519705
page(s): 232, plate 121, figs. 9-11 [details]
original description (of Menetus portlandensis F. C. Baker, 1945) Baker, F. C. (1945). The molluscan family Planorbidae. Collation, revision, and additions by Harley Jones Van Cleave. xxxvi + 530 pp., 1 portrait. [4 April]. Urbana (University of Illinois Press)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6519705
page(s): 233, plate 121, figs. 12-18 [details]
original description (of Planorbis opercularis var. oregonensis Vanatta, 1895) Vanatta, E. G. (1895). Notes on the smaller American planorbes. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 9(5): 52-55., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1731397
page(s): 54 [details]
original description (of Planorbis cooperi var. crassilabris F. C. Baker, 1945) Baker, F. C. (1945). The molluscan family Planorbidae. Collation, revision, and additions by Harley Jones Van Cleave. xxxvi + 530 pp., 1 portrait. [4 April]. Urbana (University of Illinois Press)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6519705
page(s): 230, plate 121, figs. 19-21 [details]
original description (of Menetus cooperi var. planospirus F. C. Baker, 1945) Baker, F. C. (1945). The molluscan family Planorbidae. Collation, revision, and additions by Harley Jones Van Cleave. xxxvi + 530 pp., 1 portrait. [4 April]. Urbana (University of Illinois Press)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6519705
page(s): 231, plate 122, figs. 3-6 [details]
original description (of Helix prostrata Pease, 1865) Pease, W. H. (1865). Descriptions of new species of land shells from the islands of the Central Pacific. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> (1864): 668-676., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28501011
page(s): 670 [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 Burch, J. B. (1989). <i>North American freshwater snails</i>. Malacological Publications, Hamburg, Michigan. pp. i-viii, 1-365.
page(s): 202, figs. 722, 723 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Distribution Western USA and Canada (British Columbiua, Alberta) [details]Type locality USA, "Rio Sacramento, Upper California" [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | button sprite | [details] |
To ANSP Malacology Collection (syntype of Planorbis callioglyptus. Vanatta, 1895. Nautilus 9 (5): 54 - catalog no. 57054) (from synonym Planorbis callioglyptus Vanatta, 1895)
To ANSP Malacology Collection (syntypes of Planorbis centervillensis. Tryon, 1870. A Monograph of the Fresh-water Univalve Mollusca of the United States. Turbidae. Physidae : 210, pl. 7, figs. 7, 8, 9 - catalog no. 121894) (from synonym Planorbis centervillensis Tryon, 1871)
To Conchology (Menetus opercularis)
To ANSP Malacology Collection (syntypes of Planorbis centervillensis. Tryon, 1870. A Monograph of the Fresh-water Univalve Mollusca of the United States. Turbidae. Physidae : 210, pl. 7, figs. 7, 8, 9 - catalog no. 121894) (from synonym Planorbis centervillensis Tryon, 1871)
To Conchology (Menetus opercularis)
