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Menetus H. Adams & A. Adams, 1855
743613 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:743613)
accepted
Genus
Planorbis opercularis A. Gould, 1847 accepted as Menetus opercularis (A. Gould, 1847) (type by subsequent designation)
Hippeutis (Menetus) H. Adams & A. Adams, 1855 · unaccepted > superseded rank
Menetus (Menetus) H. Adams & A. Adams, 1855 · alternative representation
Planorbis (Menetus) H. Adams & A. Adams, 1855 · unaccepted
- Species Menetus carinifex D. W. Taylor, 1981 †
- Species Menetus concavus (Deshayes, 1863) †
- Species Menetus dilatatus (A. Gould, 1841)
- Species Menetus hilli Pierce, 2001 †
- Species Menetus micromphalus D. W. Taylor, 1954 †
- Species Menetus nebrascensis (J. Evans & Shumard, 1856) †
- Species Menetus opercularis (A. Gould, 1847)
- Species Menetus planulatoides J. Henderson & Rodeck, 1934 †
- Species Menetus pygmaeus (Deshayes, 1863) †
- Species Menetus spiruloides (Deshayes, 1863) †
- Species Menetus tamassensis (Moisescu, 1969) †
- Species Menetus textus Pierce, 2001 †
- Species Menetus tropis (F. E. Edwards, 1852) †
- Species Menetus vetulus (Meek & Hayden, 1860) †
- Subgenus Menetus (Dilatata) Clessin, 1885 accepted as Dilatata Clessin, 1884
- Species Menetus (Dilatata) brongniartianus (I. Lea, 1843) accepted as Dilatata brongniartiana (I. Lea, 1843) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Menetus (Dilatata) dilatatus (A. Gould, 1841) accepted as Dilatata dilatata (A. Gould, 1841) accepted as Menetus dilatatus (A. Gould, 1841) (superseded combination)
- Species Menetus (Dilatata) floridensis F. C. Baker, 1945 accepted as Dilatata floridensis (F. C. Baker, 1945)
- Species Menetus (Dilatata) sampsoni (Ancey, 1885) accepted as Dilatata sampsoni (Ancey, 1885)
- Subgenus Menetus (Planorbifex) Pilsbry, 1935 † accepted as Planorbifex Pilsbry, 1935 † (unaccepted > superseded rank)
- Species Menetus alabamensis (Pilsbry, 1895) accepted as Dilatata brongniartiana (I. Lea, 1843) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Menetus brongniartianus (I. Lea, 1843) accepted as Dilatata brongniartiana (I. Lea, 1843) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Menetus coloradoensis F. C. Baker, 1945 accepted as Promenetus exacuous (Say, 1821) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Menetus floridensis F. C. Baker, 1945 accepted as Dilatata floridensis (F. C. Baker, 1945)
- Species Menetus hudsonicus Pilsbry, 1934 accepted as Promenetus exacuous (Say, 1821)
- Species Menetus infundibuliformis Youluo, 1978 † (unaccepted > unavailable name)
- Species Menetus kansasensis F. C. Baker, 1938 † accepted as Promenetus exacuous (Say, 1821) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Menetus labiatus F. C. Baker, 1945 accepted as Menetus opercularis (A. Gould, 1847)
- Species Menetus pearlettei A. B. Leonard, 1948 † accepted as Promenetus exacuous (Say, 1821) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Menetus planulatus (W. Cooper, 1860) accepted as Menetus opercularis (A. Gould, 1847) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Menetus portlandensis F. C. Baker, 1945 accepted as Menetus opercularis (A. Gould, 1847)
- Species Menetus sampsoni (Ancey, 1885) accepted as Dilatata sampsoni (Ancey, 1885)
- Subgenus Menetus (Menetus) H. Adams & A. Adams, 1855 represented as Menetus H. Adams & A. Adams, 1855
- Species Menetus (Menetus) opercularis (A. Gould, 1847) represented as Menetus opercularis (A. Gould, 1847)
- Species Menetus cooperi (uncertain)
recent + fossil
Adams, H. & Adams, A. (1853-1858). <i>The genera of Recent Mollusca; arranged according to their organization</i>. London, van Voorst. Vol. 1: xl + 484 pp.; vol. 2: 661 pp.; vol. 3: 138 pls. [Published in parts: Vol. 1: i-xl (1858), 1-256 (1853), 257-484 (1854). Vol. 2: 1-92 (1854), 93-284 (1855), 285-412 (1856), 413-540 (1857), 541-661 (1858). Vol. 3: pl. 1-32 (1853), 33-72 (1954), 73-96 (1855), 97-112 (1856), 113-128 (1857), 129-138 (1858)]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3782650 [details]
(of Planorbis (Menetus) H. Adams & A. Adams, 1855) Adams, H. & Adams, A. (1853-1858). <i>The genera of Recent Mollusca; arranged according to their organization</i>. London, van Voorst. Vol. 1: xl + 484 pp.; vol. 2: 661 pp.; vol. 3: 138 pls. [Published in parts: Vol. 1: i-xl (1858), 1-256 (1853), 257-484 (1854). Vol. 2: 1-92 (1854), 93-284 (1855), 285-412 (1856), 413-540 (1857), 541-661 (1858). Vol. 3: pl. 1-32 (1853), 33-72 (1954), 73-96 (1855), 97-112 (1856), 113-128 (1857), 129-138 (1858)]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3782650
page(s): Vol. 2: 262.. [details]
(of Planorbis (Menetus) H. Adams & A. Adams, 1855) Adams, H. & Adams, A. (1853-1858). <i>The genera of Recent Mollusca; arranged according to their organization</i>. London, van Voorst. Vol. 1: xl + 484 pp.; vol. 2: 661 pp.; vol. 3: 138 pls. [Published in parts: Vol. 1: i-xl (1858), 1-256 (1853), 257-484 (1854). Vol. 2: 1-92 (1854), 93-284 (1855), 285-412 (1856), 413-540 (1857), 541-661 (1858). Vol. 3: pl. 1-32 (1853), 33-72 (1954), 73-96 (1855), 97-112 (1856), 113-128 (1857), 129-138 (1858)]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3782650
page(s): Vol. 2: 262.. [details]
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original description
Adams, H. & Adams, A. (1853-1858). <i>The genera of Recent Mollusca; arranged according to their organization</i>. London, van Voorst. Vol. 1: xl + 484 pp.; vol. 2: 661 pp.; vol. 3: 138 pls. [Published in parts: Vol. 1: i-xl (1858), 1-256 (1853), 257-484 (1854). Vol. 2: 1-92 (1854), 93-284 (1855), 285-412 (1856), 413-540 (1857), 541-661 (1858). Vol. 3: pl. 1-32 (1853), 33-72 (1954), 73-96 (1855), 97-112 (1856), 113-128 (1857), 129-138 (1858)]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3782650 [details]
original description (of Planorbis (Menetus) H. Adams & A. Adams, 1855) Adams, H. & Adams, A. (1853-1858). <i>The genera of Recent Mollusca; arranged according to their organization</i>. London, van Voorst. Vol. 1: xl + 484 pp.; vol. 2: 661 pp.; vol. 3: 138 pls. [Published in parts: Vol. 1: i-xl (1858), 1-256 (1853), 257-484 (1854). Vol. 2: 1-92 (1854), 93-284 (1855), 285-412 (1856), 413-540 (1857), 541-661 (1858). Vol. 3: pl. 1-32 (1853), 33-72 (1954), 73-96 (1855), 97-112 (1856), 113-128 (1857), 129-138 (1858)]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3782650
page(s): Vol. 2: 262.. [details]
basis of record Burch, J. B. (1989). <i>North American freshwater snails</i>. Malacological Publications, Hamburg, Michigan. pp. i-viii, 1-365.
page(s): 202 [details]
additional source 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 [details]
additional source 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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subsequent type designation Dall, W. H. (1870). On the genus <i>Pompholyx</i> and its allies, with a revision of the Limnæidae of authors. <em>Annals of the Lyceum of Natural History.</em> 9(8): 333‒361., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3370757
page(s): 351. [details]
original description (of Planorbis (Menetus) H. Adams & A. Adams, 1855) Adams, H. & Adams, A. (1853-1858). <i>The genera of Recent Mollusca; arranged according to their organization</i>. London, van Voorst. Vol. 1: xl + 484 pp.; vol. 2: 661 pp.; vol. 3: 138 pls. [Published in parts: Vol. 1: i-xl (1858), 1-256 (1853), 257-484 (1854). Vol. 2: 1-92 (1854), 93-284 (1855), 285-412 (1856), 413-540 (1857), 541-661 (1858). Vol. 3: pl. 1-32 (1853), 33-72 (1954), 73-96 (1855), 97-112 (1856), 113-128 (1857), 129-138 (1858)]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3782650
page(s): Vol. 2: 262.. [details]
basis of record Burch, J. B. (1989). <i>North American freshwater snails</i>. Malacological Publications, Hamburg, Michigan. pp. i-viii, 1-365.
page(s): 202 [details]
additional source 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 [details]
additional source 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]subsequent type designation Dall, W. H. (1870). On the genus <i>Pompholyx</i> and its allies, with a revision of the Limnæidae of authors. <em>Annals of the Lyceum of Natural History.</em> 9(8): 333‒361., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3370757
page(s): 351. [details]
