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Elimia H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854
1057388 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1057388)
accepted
Genus
Melania acutocarinata I. Lea, 1841 accepted as Elimia acutocarinata (I. Lea, 1841) (type by subsequent designation)
Ambloxus Hannibal, 1912 · unaccepted
Goniobasis I. Lea, 1862 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Io (Elimia) H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854 · unaccepted (original rank)
Macrolimen I. Lea, 1863 · unaccepted
Melania (Goniobasis) I. Lea, 1862 · unaccepted
Melania (Melasma) H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854 · unaccepted
Melasma H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
- Species Elimia acuta (I. Lea, 1831)
- Species Elimia acutocarinata (I. Lea, 1841)
- Species Elimia alabamensis (I. Lea, 1861)
- Species Elimia albanyensis (I. Lea, 1864)
- Species Elimia ampla (J. G. Anthony, 1854)
- Species Elimia annae Mihalcik & F. G. Thompson, 2003
- Species Elimia annettae (Goodrich, 1941)
- Species Elimia arachnoidea (J. G. Anthony, 1854)
- Species Elimia aterina (I. Lea, 1863)
- Species Elimia athearni (Clench & R. D. Turner, 1956)
- Species Elimia bellacrenata (Haldeman, 1842)
- Species Elimia bellula (I. Lea, 1861)
- Species Elimia boykiniana (I. Lea, 1840)
- Species Elimia brevis (I. Lea, 1843)
- Species Elimia broccata F. G. Thompson, 2000
- Species Elimia buffyae Mihalcik & F. G. Thompson, 2003
- Species Elimia bullula (I. Lea, 1861)
- Species Elimia caelatura (Conrad, 1849)
- Species Elimia caelatura (Reeve, 1860)
- Species Elimia cahawbensis (I. Lea, 1861)
- Species Elimia capillaris (I. Lea, 1861)
- Species Elimia carinifera (Lamarck, 1822)
- Species Elimia carinocostata (I. Lea, 1854)
- Species Elimia catenaria (Say, 1822)
- Species Elimia catenoides (I. Lea, 1842)
- Species Elimia chiltonensis (Goodrich, 1941)
- Species Elimia christyi (I. Lea, 1862)
- Species Elimia clara (J. G. Anthony, 1854)
- Species Elimia clausa (I. Lea, 1861)
- Species Elimia clavaeformis (I. Lea, 1841)
- Species Elimia clenchi (Goodrich, 1924)
- Species Elimia cochliaris (I. Lea, 1868)
- Species Elimia comalensis (Pilsbry, 1890)
- Species Elimia comma (Conrad, 1834)
- Species Elimia costifera (Haldeman, 1841)
- Species Elimia crenatella (I. Lea, 1860)
- Species Elimia curreyana (I. Lea, 1841)
- Species Elimia cylindracea (Conrad, 1834)
- Species Elimia darwini Mihalcik & F. G. Thompson, 2003
- Species Elimia dickersoni B. L. Clark, 1938 †
- Species Elimia dickinsoni (Clench & R. D. Turner, 1956)
- Species Elimia dislocata (Reeve, 1861)
- Species Elimia doolyensis (I. Lea, 1862)
- Species Elimia ebenum (I. Lea, 1841)
- Species Elimia edgariana (I. Lea, 1841)
- Species Elimia exusta Mihalcik & F. G. Thompson, 2003
- Species Elimia fascinans (I. Lea, 1861)
- Species Elimia flava (I. Lea, 1862)
- Species Elimia floridensis (Reeve, 1860)
- Species Elimia fusiformis (I. Lea, 1861)
- Species Elimia gibbera (Goodrich, 1922)
- Species Elimia glarea Mihalcik & F. G. Thompson, 2003
- Species Elimia godwini F. G. Thompson, 2000
- Species Elimia hartmaniana (I. Lea, 1861)
- Species Elimia haysiana (I. Lea, 1843)
- Species Elimia hydeii (Conrad, 1834)
- Species Elimia impressa (I. Lea, 1841)
- Species Elimia inclinans (I. Lea, 1862)
- Species Elimia induta (I. Lea, 1862)
- Species Elimia interrupta (Haldeman, 1840)
- Species Elimia interveniens (I. Lea, 1862)
- Species Elimia jonesi (Goodrich, 1936)
- Species Elimia lachryma (Reeve, 1861)
- Species Elimia laeta (J. C. Jay, 1839)
- Species Elimia laqueata (Say, 1829)
- Species Elimia lecontiana (I. Lea, 1841)
- Species Elimia lewisiana (C. E. Weaver, 1912) †
- Species Elimia livescens (Menke, 1830)
- Species Elimia macglameriana (Goodrich, 1936)
- Species Elimia melanoides (Conrad, 1834)
- Species Elimia mihalcikae F. G. Thompson, 2000
- Species Elimia modesta (I. Lea, 1845)
- Species Elimia mutabilis (I. Lea, 1862)
- Species Elimia nassula (Conrad, 1834)
- Species Elimia nitens (I. Lea, 1842)
- Species Elimia nodulifera (Meek, 1871) †
- Species Elimia olivula (Conrad, 1834)
- Species Elimia ornata (I. Lea, 1868)
- Species Elimia packardi (Dickerson, 1915) †
- Species Elimia paupercula (I. Lea, 1862)
- Species Elimia perstriata (I. Lea, 1852)
- Species Elimia pilsbryi (Goodrich, 1927)
- Species Elimia plicatastriata (Wetherby, 1876)
- Species Elimia porrecta (I. Lea, 1863)
- Species Elimia potosiensis (I. Lea, 1841)
- Species Elimia proxima (Say, 1825)
- Species Elimia pupaeformis (I. Lea, 1864)
- Species Elimia pupoidea (J. G. Anthony, 1854)
- Species Elimia pybasii (I. Lea, 1862)
- Species Elimia pygmaea (Goodrich, 1936)
- Species Elimia schencki B. L. Clark, 1938 †
- Species Elimia semicarinata (Say, 1829)
- Species Elimia shenandoa (Dillon, 2019)
- Species Elimia showalterii (I. Lea, 1860)
- Species Elimia simplex (Say, 1825)
- Species Elimia striatula (I. Lea, 1842)
- Species Elimia strigosa (I. Lea, 1841)
- Species Elimia subtortuosa (Meek & Hayden, 1857) †
- Species Elimia symmetrica (Haldeman, 1842)
- Species Elimia taitiana (I. Lea, 1841)
- Species Elimia tenera (J. Hall, 1845) †
- Species Elimia teres (I. Lea, 1841)
- Species Elimia teretria F. G. Thompson, 2000
- Species Elimia timida (Goodrich, 1942)
- Species Elimia troostiana (I. Lea, 1838)
- Species Elimia ucheensis (I. Lea, 1862)
- Species Elimia vanhyningiana (Goodrich, 1921)
- Species Elimia vanuxemiana (I. Lea, 1843)
- Species Elimia varians (I. Lea, 1861)
- Species Elimia variata (I. Lea, 1861)
- Species Elimia viennaensis (I. Lea, 1862)
- Species Elimia virginica (Gmelin, 1791)
- Species Elimia costifera (Reeve, 1861) accepted as Elimia costifera (Haldeman, 1841) (unaccepted > junior homonym)
- Species Elimia curvicostata (Reeve, 1861) accepted as Elimia doolyensis (I. Lea, 1862) (junior synonym)
- Species Elimia schiedeana (R. A. Philippi, 1843) accepted as Pachychilus schiedeanus (R. A. Philippi, 1843) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Elimia virginica "(Say, 1817)" accepted as Elimia virginica (Gmelin, 1791)
feminine
(of Io (Elimia) H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854) Adams, H. & Adams, A. (1853-1858). <i>The genera of Recent Mollusca; arranged according to their organization</i>. London, van Voorst. Vol. 1: xl + 484 pp.; vol. 2: 661 pp.; vol. 3: 138 pls. [Published in parts: Vol. 1: i-xl (1858), 1-256 (1853), 257-484 (1854). Vol. 2: 1-92 (1854), 93-284 (1855), 285-412 (1856), 413-540 (1857), 541-661 (1858). Vol. 3: pl. 1-32 (1853), 33-72 (1954), 73-96 (1855), 97-112 (1856), 113-128 (1857), 129-138 (1858)]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3782650
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MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Elimia H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854. Accessed at: http://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1057388 on 2025-03-24
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original description
(of Goniobasis 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): 262 [details]
original description (of Ambloxus Hannibal, 1912) Hannibal, H. (1912). A synopsis of the recent and Tertiary freshwater Mollusca of the Californian province, based upon an ontogenetic classification. <em>Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London.</em> 10(2): 112-166, pls 5-6; 10(3): 167-211, pls 7-8., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15237075
page(s): 173 [details]
original description (of Io (Elimia) H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854) Adams, H. & Adams, A. (1853-1858). <i>The genera of Recent Mollusca; arranged according to their organization</i>. London, van Voorst. Vol. 1: xl + 484 pp.; vol. 2: 661 pp.; vol. 3: 138 pls. [Published in parts: Vol. 1: i-xl (1858), 1-256 (1853), 257-484 (1854). Vol. 2: 1-92 (1854), 93-284 (1855), 285-412 (1856), 413-540 (1857), 541-661 (1858). Vol. 3: pl. 1-32 (1853), 33-72 (1954), 73-96 (1855), 97-112 (1856), 113-128 (1857), 129-138 (1858)]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3782650
page(s): 1: 300 [details]
original description (of Macrolimen I. Lea, 1863) Lea I. (1863). New Melanidae of the United States. <em>Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> (2) 5(3): 217-356, plates 34-39 [March 1863]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35217921
page(s): 221 [details]
original description (of Melania (Melasma) H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854) Adams, H. & Adams, A. (1853-1858). <i>The genera of Recent Mollusca; arranged according to their organization</i>. London, van Voorst. Vol. 1: xl + 484 pp.; vol. 2: 661 pp.; vol. 3: 138 pls. [Published in parts: Vol. 1: i-xl (1858), 1-256 (1853), 257-484 (1854). Vol. 2: 1-92 (1854), 93-284 (1855), 285-412 (1856), 413-540 (1857), 541-661 (1858). Vol. 3: pl. 1-32 (1853), 33-72 (1954), 73-96 (1855), 97-112 (1856), 113-128 (1857), 129-138 (1858)]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3782650
page(s): Vol. 1: 302. [details]
additional source Dillon, R.T. (2011). Robust shell phenotype is a local response to stream size in the genus <i>Pleurocera</i> (Rafinesque, 1818). <em>Malacologia.</em> 53(2): 265-277.
page(s): 276; note: treated as synonym of Pleurocera [details] Available for editors
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status source 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]
page(s): 262 [details]
original description (of Ambloxus Hannibal, 1912) Hannibal, H. (1912). A synopsis of the recent and Tertiary freshwater Mollusca of the Californian province, based upon an ontogenetic classification. <em>Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London.</em> 10(2): 112-166, pls 5-6; 10(3): 167-211, pls 7-8., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15237075
page(s): 173 [details]
original description (of Io (Elimia) H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854) Adams, H. & Adams, A. (1853-1858). <i>The genera of Recent Mollusca; arranged according to their organization</i>. London, van Voorst. Vol. 1: xl + 484 pp.; vol. 2: 661 pp.; vol. 3: 138 pls. [Published in parts: Vol. 1: i-xl (1858), 1-256 (1853), 257-484 (1854). Vol. 2: 1-92 (1854), 93-284 (1855), 285-412 (1856), 413-540 (1857), 541-661 (1858). Vol. 3: pl. 1-32 (1853), 33-72 (1954), 73-96 (1855), 97-112 (1856), 113-128 (1857), 129-138 (1858)]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3782650
page(s): 1: 300 [details]
original description (of Macrolimen I. Lea, 1863) Lea I. (1863). New Melanidae of the United States. <em>Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> (2) 5(3): 217-356, plates 34-39 [March 1863]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35217921
page(s): 221 [details]
original description (of Melania (Melasma) H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854) Adams, H. & Adams, A. (1853-1858). <i>The genera of Recent Mollusca; arranged according to their organization</i>. London, van Voorst. Vol. 1: xl + 484 pp.; vol. 2: 661 pp.; vol. 3: 138 pls. [Published in parts: Vol. 1: i-xl (1858), 1-256 (1853), 257-484 (1854). Vol. 2: 1-92 (1854), 93-284 (1855), 285-412 (1856), 413-540 (1857), 541-661 (1858). Vol. 3: pl. 1-32 (1853), 33-72 (1954), 73-96 (1855), 97-112 (1856), 113-128 (1857), 129-138 (1858)]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3782650
page(s): Vol. 1: 302. [details]
additional source Dillon, R.T. (2011). Robust shell phenotype is a local response to stream size in the genus <i>Pleurocera</i> (Rafinesque, 1818). <em>Malacologia.</em> 53(2): 265-277.
page(s): 276; note: treated as synonym of Pleurocera [details] Available for editors

status source 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





To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Elimia)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Melasma) (from synonym Melasma H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Melasma) (from synonym Melasma H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854)
To Genbank (from synonym Goniobasis I. Lea, 1862)
To Genbank (from synonym Melasma H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854)
To Genbank (from synonym Melasma H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854)
To Genbank (from synonym Macrolimen I. Lea, 1863)
To Genbank
To NMNH Extant Collection (USNM 1436717)
To NMNH Extant Collection (USNM 1452792) (from synonym Goniobasis I. Lea, 1862)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Melasma) (from synonym Melasma H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Melasma) (from synonym Melasma H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854)
To Genbank (from synonym Goniobasis I. Lea, 1862)
To Genbank (from synonym Melasma H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854)
To Genbank (from synonym Melasma H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854)
To Genbank (from synonym Macrolimen I. Lea, 1863)
To Genbank
To NMNH Extant Collection (USNM 1436717)
To NMNH Extant Collection (USNM 1452792) (from synonym Goniobasis I. Lea, 1862)
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Hosted externally, from synonym