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Lithasia geniculata (Haldeman, 1840)
743500 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:743500)
accepted
Species
Anculosa (Lithasia) geniculata Haldeman, 1840 · unaccepted
Anculosa geniculata Haldeman, 1840 · unaccepted (original combination)
Goniobasis umbonata I. Lea, 1864 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Melania corneola J. G. Anthony, 1860 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Melania venusta I. Lea, 1841 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Melania vesicula I. Lea, 1861 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
- Subspecies Lithasia geniculata fuliginosa (I. Lea, 1841) accepted as Lithasia fuliginosa (I. Lea, 1841)
- Subspecies Lithasia geniculata pinguis (I. Lea, 1852) accepted as Lithasia pinguis (I. Lea, 1852)
(of Anculosa geniculata 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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page(s): 1 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Lithasia geniculata (Haldeman, 1840). Accessed at: http://molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=743500 on 2025-09-10
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original description
(of Anculosa geniculata 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.
page(s): 1 [details]
original description (of Goniobasis umbonata 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]
original description (of Melania corneola 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): 61 [details]
original description (of Melania venusta 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): 15 [details]
original description (of Melania vesicula I. Lea, 1861) Lea, I. (1861). Descriptions of forty-nine new species of the genus <i>Melania</i>. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 13: 117-123 [after 28 May 1861; before 30 September 1861]., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26312823
page(s): 118 [details]
original description (of Anculosa (Lithasia) geniculata 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.
page(s): 1 [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 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]
page(s): 1 [details]
original description (of Goniobasis umbonata 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]
original description (of Melania corneola 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): 61 [details]
original description (of Melania venusta 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): 15 [details]
original description (of Melania vesicula I. Lea, 1861) Lea, I. (1861). Descriptions of forty-nine new species of the genus <i>Melania</i>. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 13: 117-123 [after 28 May 1861; before 30 September 1861]., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26312823
page(s): 118 [details]
original description (of Anculosa (Lithasia) geniculata 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.
page(s): 1 [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 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]
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