MolluscaBase taxon details
Elimia simplex (Say, 1825)
1116974 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1116974)
accepted
Species
Goniobasis prestoniana I. Lea, 1864 · unaccepted (junior synonym; unnecessary...)
junior synonym; unnecessary replacement name for G. vanuxemii I. Lea, 1862
Goniobasis vanuxemii I. Lea, 1862 · unaccepted (junior synonym; G. prestoniana I....)
junior synonym; G. prestoniana I. Lea, 1866 is a replacement name
Melania simplex Say, 1825 · unaccepted (original combination)
Melania subsolida I. Lea, 1841 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Melania warderiana I. Lea, 1841 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Melania wardiana Wheatley, 1845 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
(of Melania simplex Say, 1825) Say, T. (1825). Descriptions of some new species of fresh water and land shells of the United States. Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 5(1): 119-131, available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24657165
page(s): 126 [details]
page(s): 126 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Elimia simplex (Say, 1825). Accessed at: http://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1116974 on 2025-06-20
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original description
(of Goniobasis prestoniana 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 simplex Say, 1825) Say, T. (1825). Descriptions of some new species of fresh water and land shells of the United States. Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 5(1): 119-131, available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24657165
page(s): 126 [details]
original description (of Melania subsolida 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 warderiana 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): 14 [details]
original description (of Goniobasis vanuxemii 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): 265 [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): 3 [details]
original description (of Melania simplex Say, 1825) Say, T. (1825). Descriptions of some new species of fresh water and land shells of the United States. Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 5(1): 119-131, available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24657165
page(s): 126 [details]
original description (of Melania subsolida 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 warderiana 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): 14 [details]
original description (of Goniobasis vanuxemii 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): 265 [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 (syntypes of Melania simplex. Say, 1825. Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 5: 126 - catalog no. 120916) (from synonym Melania simplex Say, 1825)
To Barcode of Life
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Elimia simplex)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 4 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (USNM 1436708)
To NMNH Extant Collection (USNM 1436710)
To Barcode of Life
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Elimia simplex)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 4 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (USNM 1436708)
To NMNH Extant Collection (USNM 1436710)
