WoRMS taxon details
Lithasia verrucosa (Rafinesque, 1820)
1117123 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1117123)
accepted
Species
Angitrema verrucosa (Rafinesque, 1820) · unaccepted (unaccepted combination)
Goniobasis aequalis (Haldeman, 1842) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Goniobasis auricoma I. Lea, 1862 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Goniobasis procissa Tryon, 1864 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Goniobasis stewardsoniana I. Lea, 1862 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Melania aequalis Haldeman, 1842 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Melania fusiformis I. Lea, 1841 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Melania holstonia I. Lea, 1841 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Melania nupera Say, 1829 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Melania procissa J. G. Anthony, 1854 · unaccepted
Melania proscissa J. G. Anthony, 1854 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Melanopsis semigranulosa Deshayes, 1832 · unaccepted
Paludina humerosa J. G. Anthony, 1860 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Pleurocera verrucosa Rafinesque, 1820 · unaccepted (unaccepted combination)
(of Pleurocera verrucosa Rafinesque, 1820) Rafinesque, C. S. (1820). Annals of Nature or Annual Synopsis of New Genera and Species of Animals, Plants, &c. Discovered in North America. First Annual Number, for 1820. 16 pp. (Thomas Smith, Lexington, KY)., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.106763
page(s): 11 [details]
page(s): 11 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Lithasia verrucosa (Rafinesque, 1820). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1117123 on 2026-09-28
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Melania procissa 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): 109, pl. 3, fig. 9 [details]
original description (of Paludina humerosa 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): 71 [details]
original description (of Melanopsis semigranulosa Deshayes, 1832) Deshayes, G. P. (1830-1832). <i>Encyclopédie méthodique ou par ordre de matières. Histoire naturelle des Vers et Mollusques</i>. Vol. 2: viii+1-594 [part 1: i-vi, 1-256, Livraison 101, 1 Feb 1830; part 2: 1-144, Livraison 101, 1 Feb. 1830; 145-594, Livraison 102, 29 Sept. 1832]. Vol. 3: 595-1152 [Livraison 102, 29 Sept. 1832]. , available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.8638
page(s): 438 [details]
original description (of Melania aequalis 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 auricoma 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]
original description (of Goniobasis stewardsoniana 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): 272 [details]
original description (of Melania fusiformis 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 holstonia 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): 15 [details]
original description (of Pleurocera verrucosa Rafinesque, 1820) Rafinesque, C. S. (1820). Annals of Nature or Annual Synopsis of New Genera and Species of Animals, Plants, &c. Discovered in North America. First Annual Number, for 1820. 16 pp. (Thomas Smith, Lexington, KY)., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.106763
page(s): 11 [details]
original description (of Melania nupera Say, 1829) Say, T. (1829). Descriptions of some new terrestrial and fluviatile shells of North America. (cont.). <em>The Disseminator of Useful Knowledge; containing hints to the youth of the U. States, from the School of Industry.</em> 2(17): 259-261 [26 August 1829].
page(s): 260 [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): 109, pl. 3, fig. 9 [details]
original description (of Paludina humerosa 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): 71 [details]
original description (of Melanopsis semigranulosa Deshayes, 1832) Deshayes, G. P. (1830-1832). <i>Encyclopédie méthodique ou par ordre de matières. Histoire naturelle des Vers et Mollusques</i>. Vol. 2: viii+1-594 [part 1: i-vi, 1-256, Livraison 101, 1 Feb 1830; part 2: 1-144, Livraison 101, 1 Feb. 1830; 145-594, Livraison 102, 29 Sept. 1832]. Vol. 3: 595-1152 [Livraison 102, 29 Sept. 1832]. , available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.8638
page(s): 438 [details]
original description (of Melania aequalis 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 auricoma 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]
original description (of Goniobasis stewardsoniana 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): 272 [details]
original description (of Melania fusiformis 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 holstonia 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): 15 [details]
original description (of Pleurocera verrucosa Rafinesque, 1820) Rafinesque, C. S. (1820). Annals of Nature or Annual Synopsis of New Genera and Species of Animals, Plants, &c. Discovered in North America. First Annual Number, for 1820. 16 pp. (Thomas Smith, Lexington, KY)., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.106763
page(s): 11 [details]
original description (of Melania nupera Say, 1829) Say, T. (1829). Descriptions of some new terrestrial and fluviatile shells of North America. (cont.). <em>The Disseminator of Useful Knowledge; containing hints to the youth of the U. States, from the School of Industry.</em> 2(17): 259-261 [26 August 1829].
page(s): 260 [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]Taxonomy
source of synonymy
Clench, W. J. (1934). <i>Paludina humerosa</i> Anthony. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 47(4): 151., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8522740 [details]
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]
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 Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To ANSP Malacology Collection in GBIF (catalog no. 123033)
To Barcode of Life
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Lithasia verrucosa)
To GenBank (7 nucleotides; 7 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To Malacopics (Lithasia verrucosa (Rafinesque, 1820) United States, Tennessee)
To Barcode of Life
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Lithasia verrucosa)
To GenBank (7 nucleotides; 7 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To Malacopics (Lithasia verrucosa (Rafinesque, 1820) United States, Tennessee)
From editor or global species database
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