MolluscaBase taxon details
original description
(of Melania pyrenella Conrad, 1834) Conrad, T. A. (1834). New fresh water shells of the United States, with coloured illustrations, and a monograph of the genus <i>Anculotus</i> 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): 52, pl. 8, fig. 5 [details]
original description
(of Melania spinalis 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 Pleurocera conradi Tryon, 1865) Tryon, G. W. (1865). Description of new species of Strepomatidae. <em>American Journal of Conchology.</em> 1(1): 38, plate 1., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16084538
page(s): 38, pl. 1, fig. 9 [details]
original description
(of Melania planogyra 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): 111, pl. 3, fig. 11 [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]
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 Melania pyrenella. Conrad, 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 : 52, pl. 8, fig. 5 (from synonym Melania pyrenella Conrad, 1834)
To ANSP Malacology Collection (syntype of Melania spinalis. Lea, 1843. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 4: 166 - catalog no. 26967) (from synonym Melania spinalis I. Lea, 1845)
To ANSP Malacology Collection (syntypes of Pleurocera conradi. Tryon, 1865. American Journal of Conchology 1 (3): 38, pl. 1, fig. 9 - catalog no. 26966) (from synonym Pleurocera conradi Tryon, 1865)
To Barcode of Life (20 barcodes)
To European Nucleotide Archive (ENA)
To GenBank (61 nucleotides; 42 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Near Threatened)
From editor or global species database