WoRMS taxon details
Elimia vanuxemiana (I. Lea, 1843)
1116986 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1116986)
accepted
Species
Goniobasis negata I. Lea, 1862 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Melania arctata I. Lea, 1845 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Melania pergrata I. Lea, 1861 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Melania rubicunda I. Lea, 1861 · unaccepted (invalid; not Reeve, 1860)
Melania vanuxemiana I. Lea, 1843 · unaccepted (original combination)
Melania vanuxemiana var. fragosa Reeve, 1861 · unaccepted
(of Melania vanuxemiana I. Lea, 1843) Lea, I. (1843). On fresh water shells (continuation) [sixteen new species of the family Melanianae]. <em>Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society.</em> 2(24): 241-243 [on or before 3 January 1843, teste Scudder (1885: 41)]., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34521669
page(s): 242 [details]
page(s): 242 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Elimia vanuxemiana (I. Lea, 1843). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1116986 on 2025-08-20
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Goniobasis negata 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): 271 [details]
original description (of Melania arctata I. Lea, 1845) Lea, I. (1845). Descriptions of new fresh water and land shells. <em>Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society.</em> 4(33): 162-168 [5 December 1845]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33100618
page(s): 166 [details]
original description (of Melania pergrata 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): 122 [details]
original description (of Melania rubicunda 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 Melania vanuxemiana I. Lea, 1843) Lea, I. (1843). On fresh water shells (continuation) [sixteen new species of the family Melanianae]. <em>Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society.</em> 2(24): 241-243 [on or before 3 January 1843, teste Scudder (1885: 41)]., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34521669
page(s): 242 [details]
original description (of Melania vanuxemiana var. fragosa Reeve, 1861) 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 453, pl. 57, fig. 453 [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): 271 [details]
original description (of Melania arctata I. Lea, 1845) Lea, I. (1845). Descriptions of new fresh water and land shells. <em>Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society.</em> 4(33): 162-168 [5 December 1845]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33100618
page(s): 166 [details]
original description (of Melania pergrata 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): 122 [details]
original description (of Melania rubicunda 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 Melania vanuxemiana I. Lea, 1843) Lea, I. (1843). On fresh water shells (continuation) [sixteen new species of the family Melanianae]. <em>Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society.</em> 2(24): 241-243 [on or before 3 January 1843, teste Scudder (1885: 41)]., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34521669
page(s): 242 [details]
original description (of Melania vanuxemiana var. fragosa Reeve, 1861) 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 453, pl. 57, fig. 453 [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

Taxonomy
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]





To ANSP Malacology Collection (syntype of Goniobasis negata. Lea, 1862. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 14: 271 - catalog no. 8654) (from synonym Goniobasis negata I. Lea, 1862)
To ANSP Malacology Collection (syntype of Melania rubicunda. Lea, 1861. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 13: 118 - catalog no. 8747) (from synonym Melania rubicunda I. Lea, 1861)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Elimia vanuxemiana)
To Genbank
To IUCN Red List (Extinct)
To ANSP Malacology Collection (syntype of Melania rubicunda. Lea, 1861. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 13: 118 - catalog no. 8747) (from synonym Melania rubicunda I. Lea, 1861)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Elimia vanuxemiana)
To Genbank
To IUCN Red List (Extinct)