MolluscaBase taxon details
Elimia clavaeformis (I. Lea, 1841)
1115532 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1115532)
accepted
Species
Goniobasis cumberlandiensis I. Lea, 1863 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Goniobasis estabrookii I. Lea, 1862 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Goniobasis graminea Haldeman, 1865 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Goniobasis pulla I. Lea, 1864 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Melania adusta J. G. Anthony, 1860 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Melania approxima Hannibal, 1912 · unaccepted (incorrect subsequent spelling of...)
incorrect subsequent spelling of M. approximata Haldeman, 1842
Melania approximata Haldeman, 1842 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Melania clavaeformis I. Lea, 1841 · unaccepted (original combination)
Melania funebralis J. G. Anthony, 1860 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Melania glabra I. Lea, 1841 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Melania hybrida J. G. Anthony, 1860 · unaccepted (invalid: junior homonym of...)
invalid: junior homonym of Melania hybrida Reeve, 1859
Melania larvaeformis Reeve, 1860 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Melania lavaeformis Goodrich, 1940 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Melania nigrocincta J. G. Anthony, 1854 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Melania subcarinata Reeve, 1860 · unaccepted (invalid: junior homonym of M....)
invalid: junior homonym of M. subcarinata Gray, 1833
Melania torulosa J. G. Anthony, 1854 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
(of Melania clavaeformis 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]
page(s): 12 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Elimia clavaeformis (I. Lea, 1841). Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1115532 on 2025-06-17
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original description
(of Melania clavaeformis 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 Goniobasis cumberlandiensis 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 estabrookii I. Lea, 1862) Lea I. (1862). Description of a new genus (<i>Goniobasis</i>) of the family Melanidae and eighty-two new species. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 14: 262-273 [after 27 May 1862]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26361234
page(s): 264 [details]
original description (of Goniobasis graminea Haldeman, 1865) Haldeman, S.S. (1865). Descriptions of two new species of <i>Goniobasis</i>. <em>American Journal of Conchology.</em> 1(1): 37, plate 1., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16084537
page(s): 37, pl. 1, fig. 4 [details]
original description (of Goniobasis pulla I. Lea, 1864) Lea, I. (1864). Descriptions of thirteen new species of Melanidae of the United States. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 16: 111-113 [after 25 April 1864, before 30 June 1864]., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26360735
page(s): 112 [details]
original description (of Melania adusta 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): 55 [details]
original description (of Melania approximata Haldeman, 1842) Haldeman, S. S. (1842). <i>New species of shells. A monograph of the Limniades or freshwater univalve shells of North America</i>. 4. J. Dobson, Philadelphia. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11651599
page(s): backcover [details]
original description (of Melania funebralis 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): 56 [details]
original description (of Melania glabra 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 hybrida 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): 60 [details]
original description (of Melania larvaeformis 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 357, pl. 48, fig. 357 [details]
original description (of Melania nigrocincta 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): 90, pl. 2, fig. 8 [details]
original description (of Melania subcarinata 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 282, pl. 40, fig. 282 [details]
original description (of Melania torulosa 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): 110, pl. 3, fig. 10 [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]
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): 12 [details]
original description (of Goniobasis cumberlandiensis 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 estabrookii I. Lea, 1862) Lea I. (1862). Description of a new genus (<i>Goniobasis</i>) of the family Melanidae and eighty-two new species. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 14: 262-273 [after 27 May 1862]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26361234
page(s): 264 [details]
original description (of Goniobasis graminea Haldeman, 1865) Haldeman, S.S. (1865). Descriptions of two new species of <i>Goniobasis</i>. <em>American Journal of Conchology.</em> 1(1): 37, plate 1., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16084537
page(s): 37, pl. 1, fig. 4 [details]
original description (of Goniobasis pulla I. Lea, 1864) Lea, I. (1864). Descriptions of thirteen new species of Melanidae of the United States. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 16: 111-113 [after 25 April 1864, before 30 June 1864]., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26360735
page(s): 112 [details]
original description (of Melania adusta 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): 55 [details]
original description (of Melania approximata Haldeman, 1842) Haldeman, S. S. (1842). <i>New species of shells. A monograph of the Limniades or freshwater univalve shells of North America</i>. 4. J. Dobson, Philadelphia. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11651599
page(s): backcover [details]
original description (of Melania funebralis 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): 56 [details]
original description (of Melania glabra 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 hybrida 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): 60 [details]
original description (of Melania larvaeformis 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 357, pl. 48, fig. 357 [details]
original description (of Melania nigrocincta 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): 90, pl. 2, fig. 8 [details]
original description (of Melania subcarinata 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 282, pl. 40, fig. 282 [details]
original description (of Melania torulosa 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): 110, pl. 3, fig. 10 [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]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 adusta. Anthony, 1860. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 12: 55-56 - catalog no. 8583) (from synonym Melania adusta J. G. Anthony, 1860)
To ANSP Malacology Collection (syntype of Melania funebralis. Anthony, 1860. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 12: 56-57 - catalog no. 8586) (from synonym Melania funebralis J. G. Anthony, 1860)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Elimia clavaeformis)
To GenBank (9 nucleotides; 9 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ANSP Malacology Collection (syntype of Melania funebralis. Anthony, 1860. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 12: 56-57 - catalog no. 8586) (from synonym Melania funebralis J. G. Anthony, 1860)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Elimia clavaeformis)
To GenBank (9 nucleotides; 9 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
