WoRMS taxon details
Elimia symmetrica (Haldeman, 1842)
1116978 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1116978)
accepted
Species
Goniobasis catabaea Haldeman, 1865 · unaccepted
Goniobasis cataboea Haldeman, 1865 · unaccepted (misspelling)
Melania symmetrica Haldeman, 1842 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
(of Melania symmetrica 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]
page(s): backcover [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Elimia symmetrica (Haldeman, 1842). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1116978 on 2026-03-11
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Goniobasis cataboea 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 figs 5-6, 7 [details]
original description (of Melania symmetrica 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 Goniobasis catabaea 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. 7 [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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page(s): 37, pl. 1 figs 5-6, 7 [details]
original description (of Melania symmetrica 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 Goniobasis catabaea 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. 7 [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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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
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