Marine Species Traits - Pleurocera canaliculata (Say, 1821)

(of Melania canaliculata Say, 1821) Say, T. (1821). Description of univalve shells of the United States. Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 2(1): 149-179., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36831337
page(s): 175 [details]

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MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Pleurocera canaliculata (Say, 1821). Accessed at: https://molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1117129 on 2025-05-19

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original description (of Melania exarata Menke, 1828) Menke, K. T. (1828). Synopsis methodica molluscorum generum omnium et specierum earum, quae in Museo Menkeano adservantur; cum synonymia critica et novarum specierum diagnosibus. XII + 91 pp. [late in 1828]. Pyrmonti., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13119590
page(s): 81 [details]

original description (of Melania canaliculata Say, 1821) Say, T. (1821). Description of univalve shells of the United States. Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 2(1): 149-179., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36831337
page(s): 175 [details]

original description (of Melania exarata I. Lea, 1841) Lea, I. (1841). On fresh water and land shells (continuation) [description of fifty-seven new species of Melania]. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society. 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 Melania arata I. Lea, 1843) Lea, I. (1843). On fresh water shells (continuation) [sixteen new species of the family Melanianae]. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society. 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 elongata I. Lea, 1831) Lea, I. (1831). Observations on the naïades, and descriptions of new species of that and other families. Transactions of the American Philosophical Society. (NS) 4: 63-121, plates 3-18., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24786630
page(s): 120, pl. 15, fig. 29 [details]

original description (of Melania fastigiata J. G. Anthony, 1854) Anthony, J.G. (1854). Descriptions of new fluviatile shells of the genus Melania Lam., from the western states of North America. Annals of the Lyceum of Natural History of New York. 6: 80-130, plates 1-3., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16023670
page(s): 113, pl. 3, fig. 13 [details]

original description (of Melania iostoma J. G. Anthony, 1860) Anthony, J.G. (1860). Descriptions of new species of American fluviatile gastropods. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 12: 55-72., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26297202
page(s): 62 [details]

original description (of Melania lugubris I. Lea, 1845) Lea, I. (1845). Descriptions of new fresh water and land shells. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society. 4(33): 162-168 [5 December 1845]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33100618
page(s): 166 [details]

original description (of Melania spurca I. Lea, 1845) Lea, I. (1845). Descriptions of new fresh water and land shells. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society. 4(33): 162-168 [5 December 1845]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33100618
page(s): 166 [details]

original description (of Trypanostoma curtatum I. Lea, 1863) Lea I. (1863). Descriptions of fourteen new species of Melanidae and one Paludina. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 15: 154-156 [30 June 1863]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1958418
page(s): 155 [details]

original description (of Cerithidea (Ceriphasia) sulcata Swainson, 1840) Swainson, W. (1840). A treatise on malacology; or the natural classification of shells and shell-fish. Longman, London, viii + 419 pp., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/33450
page(s): 342, fig. 38 [details]

original description (of Trypanostoma corneum I. Lea, 1864) Lea, I. (1864). Descriptions of thirteen new species of Melanidae of the United States. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 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 Io modesta I. Lea, 1862) Lea, I. (1862). Descriptions of seven new species of the genus Io. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 13: 393-394 [after 31 December 1861; before 31 March 1862]., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26313099
page(s): 394 [details]

original description (of Io robusta I. Lea, 1862) Lea, I. (1862). Descriptions of seven new species of the genus Io. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 13: 393-394 [after 31 December 1861; before 31 March 1862]., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26313099
page(s): 393 [details]

original description (of Io spillmanii I. Lea, 1862) Lea, I. (1862). Descriptions of seven new species of the genus Io. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 13: 393-394 [after 31 December 1861; before 31 March 1862]., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26313099
page(s): 394 [details]

original description (of Melania altipeta J. G. Anthony, 1854) Anthony, J.G. (1854). Descriptions of new fluviatile shells of the genus Melania Lam., from the western states of North America. Annals of the Lyceum of Natural History of New York. 6: 80-130, plates 1-3., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16023670
page(s): 87, pl. 2, figs. 5a-b [details]

original description (of Melania auriscalpium Menke, 1828) Menke, K. T. (1828). Synopsis methodica molluscorum generum omnium et specierum earum, quae in Museo Menkeano adservantur; cum synonymia critica et novarum specierum diagnosibus. XII + 91 pp. [late in 1828]. Pyrmonti., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13119590
page(s): 82 [details]

original description (of Melania conica Say, 1821) Say, T. (1821). Description of univalve shells of the United States. Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 2(1): 149-179., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36831337
page(s): 176 [details]

original description (of Melania curvata I. Lea, 1843) Lea, I. (1843). On fresh water shells (continuation) [sixteen new species of the family Melanianae]. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society. 2(24): 241-243 [on or before 3 January 1843, teste Scudder (1885: 41)]., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34521669
page(s): 243 [details]

original description (of Melania elevata Say, 1821) Say, T. (1821). Description of univalve shells of the United States. Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 2(1): 149-179., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36831337
page(s): 176 [details]

original description (of Melania excurata Conrad, 1834) Conrad, T. A. (1834). New fresh water shells of the United States, with coloured illustrations, and a monograph of the genus Anculotus of Say; also a synopsis of the American naiades. Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, U.S.A. 1-84, plates 1-9. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16346317
page(s): 49, pl. 4, fig. 6 [details]

original description (of Melania eximia J. G. Anthony, 1854) Anthony, J.G. (1854). Descriptions of new fluviatile shells of the genus Melania Lam., from the western states of North America. Annals of the Lyceum of Natural History of New York. 6: 80-130, plates 1-3., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16023670
page(s): 107, pl. 3, fig. 7 [details]

original description (of Melania filum I. Lea, 1845) Lea, I. (1845). Descriptions of new fresh water and land shells. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society. 4(33): 162-168 [5 December 1845]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33100618
page(s): 165 [details]

original description (of Melania incrassata J. G. Anthony, 1854) Anthony, J.G. (1854). Descriptions of new fluviatile shells of the genus Melania Lam., from the western states of North America. Annals of the Lyceum of Natural History of New York. 6: 80-130, plates 1-3., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16023670
page(s): 99, pl. 2, fig. 17 [details]

original description (of Melania infrafasciata J. G. Anthony, 1860) Anthony, J.G. (1860). Descriptions of new species of American fluviatile gastropods. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 12: 55-72., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26297202
page(s): 57 [details]

original description (of Melania ligata Menke, 1828) Menke, K. T. (1828). Synopsis methodica molluscorum generum omnium et specierum earum, quae in Museo Menkeano adservantur; cum synonymia critica et novarum specierum diagnosibus. XII + 91 pp. [late in 1828]. Pyrmonti., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13119590
page(s): 82 [details]

original description (of Melania nigrostoma Reeve, 1861) Reeve, L. A. (1859-1861). Monograph of the genus Melania. In: Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals, 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 463, pl. 58, fig. 463 [details]

original description (of Melania ordiana I. Lea, 1843) Lea, I. (1843). On fresh water shells (continuation) [sixteen new species of the family Melanianae]. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society. 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 ponderosa J. G. Anthony, 1860) Anthony, J.G. (1860). Descriptions of new species of American fluviatile gastropods. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 12: 55-72., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26297202
page(s): 59 [details]

original description (of Melania rorata Reeve, 1860) Reeve, L. A. (1859-1861). Monograph of the genus Melania. In: Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals, 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 306, pl. 42, fig. 306 [details]

original description (of Melania sayi Deshayes, 1832) Deshayes, G. P. (1830-1832). Encyclopédie méthodique ou par ordre de matières. Histoire naturelle des Vers et Mollusques. 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): 427 [details]

original description (of Melania undulata Say, 1829) Say, T. (1829). Descriptions of some new terrestrial and fluviatile shells of North America. (cont.). The Disseminator of Useful Knowledge; containing hints to the youth of the U. States, from the School of Industry. 2(17): 259-261 [26 August 1829].
page(s): 261 [details]

original description (of Pleurocera quadrosa Rafinesque, 1831) Rafinesque, C. S. (1831). Enumeration and account of some remarkable natural objects of the cabinet of Prof. Rafinesque, in Philadelphia; being animals, shells, plants, fossils, collected by him in North America between 1816 and 1831. Philadelphia. 8 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49035292
page(s): 3 [details]

original description (of Strombus sayi W. Wood, 1828) Wood, W. (1828). Supplement to the Index Testaceologicus; or A catalogue of shells, British and foreign. Richard Taylor, London. iv [+1] + 59 pp., plates 1-8. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22991199
page(s): 14, pl. 4, fig. 24 [details]

original description (of Trypanostoma affine I. Lea, 1864) Lea, I. (1864). Descriptions of eleven new species of indigenous Melanidae. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 16: 3-5 [after 26 January 1864, before 23 April 1864]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1942657
page(s): 4 [details]

original description (of Melania valida J. G. Anthony, 1860) Anthony, J.G. (1860). Descriptions of new species of American fluviatile gastropods. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 12: 55-72., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26297202
page(s): 59 [details]

original description (of Trypanostoma alabamense I. Lea, 1862) Lea, I. (1862). Description of a new genus, (Trypanostoma) of the family Melanidae, and of forty-five new species. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 14: 169-175 [after 29 April 1862]., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1951641
page(s): 171 [details]

original description (of Trypanostoma christyi I. Lea, 1862) Lea, I. (1862). Description of a new genus, (Trypanostoma) of the family Melanidae, and of forty-five new species. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 14: 169-175 [after 29 April 1862]., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1951641
page(s): 173 [details]

original description (of Trypanostoma cinctum I. Lea, 1864) Lea, I. (1864). Descriptions of thirteen new species of Melanidae of the United States. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 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 Trypanostoma florencense I. Lea, 1862) Lea, I. (1862). Description of a new genus, (Trypanostoma) of the family Melanidae, and of forty-five new species. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 14: 169-175 [after 29 April 1862]., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1951641
page(s): 171 [details]

original description (of Trypanostoma ligatum I. Lea, 1862) Lea, I. (1862). Description of a new genus, (Trypanostoma) of the family Melanidae, and of forty-five new species. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 14: 169-175 [after 29 April 1862]., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1951641
page(s): 171 [details]

original description (of Trypanostoma minor I. Lea, 1862) Lea, I. (1862). Description of a new genus, (Trypanostoma) of the family Melanidae, and of forty-five new species. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 14: 169-175 [after 29 April 1862]., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1951641
page(s): 174 [details]

original description (of Trypanostoma moniliferum I. Lea, 1862) Lea, I. (1862). Description of a new genus, (Trypanostoma) of the family Melanidae, and of forty-five new species. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 14: 169-175 [after 29 April 1862]., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1951641
page(s): 172 [details]

original description (of Trypanostoma pybasii I. Lea, 1862) Lea, I. (1862). Description of a new genus, (Trypanostoma) of the family Melanidae, and of forty-five new species. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 14: 169-175 [after 29 April 1862]., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1951641
page(s): 172 [details]

original description (of Trypanostoma rostellatum I. Lea, 1862) Lea, I. (1862). Descriptions of eleven new species of Melanidae of the United States. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 14: 272-273 [after 27 May 1862; before 1 August 1862]., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1951744
page(s): 272 [details]

original description (of Trypanostoma simplex I. Lea, 1862) Lea, I. (1862). Description of a new genus, (Trypanostoma) of the family Melanidae, and of forty-five new species. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 14: 169-175 [after 29 April 1862]., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1951641
page(s): 174 [details]

original description (of Trypanostoma subrobustum I. Lea, 1864) Lea, I. (1864). Descriptions of eleven new species of indigenous Melanidae. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 16: 3-5 [after 26 January 1864, before 23 April 1864]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1942657
page(s): 4 [details]

original description (of Trypanostoma thortonii I. Lea, 1862) Lea, I. (1862). Description of a new genus, (Trypanostoma) of the family Melanidae, and of forty-five new species. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 14: 169-175 [after 29 April 1862]., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1951641
page(s): 170 [details]

original description (of Trypanostoma tuomeyi I. Lea, 1862) Lea, I. (1862). Description of a new genus, (Trypanostoma) of the family Melanidae, and of forty-five new species. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 14: 169-175 [after 29 April 1862]., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1951641
page(s): 171 [details]

original description (of Trypanostoma viride I. Lea, 1862) Lea, I. (1862). Description of a new genus, (Trypanostoma) of the family Melanidae, and of forty-five new species. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 14: 169-175 [after 29 April 1862]., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1951641
page(s): 172 [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. Fisheries. 38(6): 247-282., available online at http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/03632415.2013.785396 [details] Available for editors