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Megalovalvata baicalensis (Gerstfeldt, 1859)
1061540 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1061540)
accepted
Species
Megalovalvata (Megalovalvata) baicalensis (Gerstfeldt, 1859) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Megalovalvata grubei (W. Dybowski, 1875) · unaccepted
Valvata (Liratina) baicalensis Gerstfeldt, 1859 · unaccepted
Valvata (Megalovalvata) baicalensis Gerstfeldt, 1859 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Valvata (Megalovalvata) grubei W. Dybowski, 1875 · unaccepted (a junior synonym)
Valvata baicalensis Gerstfeldt, 1859 · unaccepted
Valvata grubii W. Dybowski, 1875 · unaccepted (a junior synonym)
recent only
(of Valvata baicalensis Gerstfeldt, 1859) Gerstfeldt G. (1859). Über Land und Süsswasser-Mollusken Sibiriens und des Amur-Gebietes. <em>Zapiski Imperatorskoĭ akademīi nauk po Fiziko-matematicheskomu otdielenīiu = Mémoires présentés à l'Académie Impériale des Sciences de St. Pétersbourg par divers Savants et dans ses Assemblées.</em> 9: 505–548., available online at http://archive.org/stream/mmoiresprsentsla09impe# page/n535/mode/2up
page(s): 514-515, fig. 25 a-c [details]
page(s): 514-515, fig. 25 a-c [details]
Lectotype ZIN 104
, Note Russia, Baikal Lake, Kultuk settlement...
Lectotype ZIN 104 [details]
From editor or global species database
Type locality Russia, Baikal Lake, Kultuk settlement (Sitnikova, 1983: 41) [details]
Distribution This species is widely distributed in the Lake Baikal littoral zone, including along the shoreline of all the islands of...
Distribution This species is widely distributed in the Lake Baikal littoral zone, including along the shoreline of all the islands of the lake [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Megalovalvata baicalensis (Gerstfeldt, 1859). Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1061540 on 2025-09-10
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original description
(of Valvata grubii W. Dybowski, 1875) Dybowski W. (1875). Die Gasteropoden-Fauna des Baikal-Sees, anatomisch und systematisch bearbeitet. <em>Mémoires de l'Académie Impériale des Sciences de St-Pétersbourg.</em> ser. 7, 22(8): 1-73, 8 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46614105
page(s): 31, pl. 2, figs 6–10, pl. 8, figs 9–12 [details]
original description (of Valvata baicalensis Gerstfeldt, 1859) Gerstfeldt G. (1859). Über Land und Süsswasser-Mollusken Sibiriens und des Amur-Gebietes. <em>Zapiski Imperatorskoĭ akademīi nauk po Fiziko-matematicheskomu otdielenīiu = Mémoires présentés à l'Académie Impériale des Sciences de St. Pétersbourg par divers Savants et dans ses Assemblées.</em> 9: 505–548., available online at http://archive.org/stream/mmoiresprsentsla09impe# page/n535/mode/2up
page(s): 514-515, fig. 25 a-c [details]
basis of record Vinarski, M. V.; Kantor, Yu. I. (2016). Analytical catalogue of fresh and brackish water molluscs of Russia and adjacent countries. A. N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution of Russian Academy of Science, Moscow, 544 pp.
page(s): 281 [details] Available for editors
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additional source Sitnikova, T. Ya. (1983). The system of endemic species of the genus <i>Megalovalvata</i> and some questions of taxonomy of the family Valvatidae (Gastropoda, Pectinibranchia). <em>Zoologicheskiy Zhurnal.</em> 62 (1): 32–44. [in Russian, English summary].
page(s): 41, fig. 2(8) [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Sitnikova T.Ya. (1994). Gastropods of Baikal Lake. The family Valvatidae. <em>Ruthenica, Russian Malacological Journal.</em> 4: 85–98.
page(s): 87, fig. 10A [details] Available for editors [request]
source of synonymy Sitnikova, T. Y. (2018). Review of Valvatidae (Gastropoda: Heterobranchia) endemic to Lake Baikal, with taxonomic and morphological notes. <em>Archiv für Molluskenkunde.</em> 147(2): 181-201., available online at https://doi.org/10.1127/arch.moll/147/181-201
page(s): 187, figs. 6A, B, 7, 12A, B [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 31, pl. 2, figs 6–10, pl. 8, figs 9–12 [details]
original description (of Valvata baicalensis Gerstfeldt, 1859) Gerstfeldt G. (1859). Über Land und Süsswasser-Mollusken Sibiriens und des Amur-Gebietes. <em>Zapiski Imperatorskoĭ akademīi nauk po Fiziko-matematicheskomu otdielenīiu = Mémoires présentés à l'Académie Impériale des Sciences de St. Pétersbourg par divers Savants et dans ses Assemblées.</em> 9: 505–548., available online at http://archive.org/stream/mmoiresprsentsla09impe# page/n535/mode/2up
page(s): 514-515, fig. 25 a-c [details]
basis of record Vinarski, M. V.; Kantor, Yu. I. (2016). Analytical catalogue of fresh and brackish water molluscs of Russia and adjacent countries. A. N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution of Russian Academy of Science, Moscow, 544 pp.
page(s): 281 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Sitnikova, T. Ya. (1983). The system of endemic species of the genus <i>Megalovalvata</i> and some questions of taxonomy of the family Valvatidae (Gastropoda, Pectinibranchia). <em>Zoologicheskiy Zhurnal.</em> 62 (1): 32–44. [in Russian, English summary].
page(s): 41, fig. 2(8) [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Sitnikova T.Ya. (1994). Gastropods of Baikal Lake. The family Valvatidae. <em>Ruthenica, Russian Malacological Journal.</em> 4: 85–98.
page(s): 87, fig. 10A [details] Available for editors
[request]source of synonymy Sitnikova, T. Y. (2018). Review of Valvatidae (Gastropoda: Heterobranchia) endemic to Lake Baikal, with taxonomic and morphological notes. <em>Archiv für Molluskenkunde.</em> 147(2): 181-201., available online at https://doi.org/10.1127/arch.moll/147/181-201
page(s): 187, figs. 6A, B, 7, 12A, B [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Lectotype ZIN 104 [details]
From editor or global species database
Distribution This species is widely distributed in the Lake Baikal littoral zone, including along the shoreline of all the islands of the lake [details]Habitat This species lives mainly on rocky substrates, including vertical rock walls of canyons to a depth of 100 m [details]
Lectotype Lectotype designated by Sitnikova (1983: 41) [details]
Type locality Russia, Baikal Lake, Kultuk settlement (Sitnikova, 1983: 41) [details]
